1 | State | Sponsored legislation | Legislation summary | Sponsors' partisan affiliation | Companion bill | Most recent committee assignment | Current status in legislative process | Current as of date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Arkansas | SB341 | This bill would prohibit collective bargaining on the part of public-sector employees. | Republican | N/A | Senate Public Health, Welfare, and Labor | Enacted | 4/12/2021 |
3 | California | SB270 | This bill would allow a union to bring a claim before the Public Employment Relations Board against a public employer allegedly in violation of California Government Code Section 3558 and would set civil penalties for violations. Section 3558 requires public employers to provide unions with certain employee information. | Democratic | N/A | Assembly Public Employees and Retirement and Assembly Judiciary | Enacted | 9/27/2021 |
4 | Connecticut | SB00908 | This bill would require public employers to furnish unions with personal contact information of employees belonging to the bargaining unit the union represents. It would also require employers to grant unions access to new employee orientations. | N/A | N/A | Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees | Enacted | 6/4/2021 |
5 | Delaware | HB237 | This bill would grant select law enforcement officers the right of organization and representation. | Democratic | N/A | Senate Corrections and Public Safety | Enacted | 9/10/2021 |
6 | Illinois | SJRCA0011 | A proposed constitutional amendment that would guarantee employees the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives they choose. | Bipartisan | N/A | House Labor & Commerce | Enacted | 5/26/2021 |
7 | Illinois | HB2521 | This bill would allow electronic signatures on petitions submitted for selecting an exclusive bargaining representative. It would allow certification elections to be conducted electronically. It would also prohibit an employer from promising or taking action against an employee for participating in a strike. | Democratic | N/A | House Rules | Enacted | 8/27/2021 |
8 | Indiana | SB0251 | This bill would establish that a school employee can leave a union at any time. It would also require an employee to annually authorize any payroll deductions of union dues. | Republican | N/A | House Employment, Labor, and Pensions | Enacted | 4/22/2021 |
9 | Maine | LD52 | This bill would allow educational policies related to preparation and planning time and transfer of teachers to be subjects of collective bargaining negotiations. | Democratic | N/A | Education and Cultural Affairs | Enacted | 6/8/2021 |
10 | Maryland | HB894 | This bill would establish collective bargaining rights for certain community college employees. | Democratic | SB746 | Senate Finance | Enacted | 12/6/2021 |
11 | Maryland | SB138 | This bill would extend collective bargaining rights to employees of the Baltimore County Public Library. | Democratic | N/A | House Appropriations | Enacted | 5/30/2021 |
12 | Maryland | SB556 | This bill would establish a separate collective bargaining unit for teachers at the Maryland School for the Deaf. | Democratic | HB837 | House Appropriations | Enacted | 5/30/2021 |
13 | Maryland | SB746 | This bill would establish collective bargaining rights for certain community college employees. | Democratic | HB894 | House Appropriations | Enacted | 12/6/2021 |
14 | Maryland | SB9 | This bill would make revisions to the collective bargaining process for employees of the University System of Maryland. | Democratic | HB486 | House Appropriations | Enacted | 12/6/2021 |
15 | Oklahoma | HB2747 | This bill would eliminate the Public Employees Relations Board. It would direct municipal public employers to recognize unions as the exclusive bargaining agents for police officers or firefighters upon a majority vote of the members of the bargaining unit. | Republican | N/A | House Rules | Enacted | 5/5/2021 |
16 | Oregon | SB580 | This bill would amend the law's definition of "employment relations" to include class size and caseload limits as mandatory collective bargaining subjects for school districts. | Democratic | N/A | House Business and Labor | Enacted | 8/18/2021 |
17 | Tennessee | SJR0002 | A proposed constitutional amendment that would bar any person, corporation, or governmental entity from denying employment due to an individual's affiliation status with a union or other employee organization. | Republican | N/A | Senate Commerce And Labor | Enacted | 5/4/2021 |
18 | Washington | SB5133 | This bill amends the definition of a "confidential employee" for the purposes of collective bargaining. | Democratic | N/A | House Rules | Enacted | 5/3/2021 |
19 | West Virginia | HB2009 | This bill would prohibit state, county, and municipal governments from deducting public union dues from paychecks. | Republican | N/A | Senate Judiciary | Enacted | 5/20/2021 |
20 | West Virginia | SB11 | This bill would prohibit public-sector employees from striking. | Republican | N/A | Senate Education | Enacted | 3/17/2021 |