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 | Missouri | HB2595 | This bill would establish that no person can be required to join or refrain from joining a union, or pay dues or agency fees, as a condition of employment. | Republican | N/A | N/A | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
3 | Michigan | HB6474 | This bill would prohibit collective bargaining agreements that provide for paid time off for the conduct of union business. | Republican | N/A | Education Reform | Referred to committee | 12/7/2018 |
4 | Pennsylvania | SB1278 | This bill would establish the right of public employees to bargain with their employers independently from recognized employee unions. The bill would require public employers to notify employees that they are under no legal obligation to provide financial support to unions. The bill would also prohibit future collective bargaining agreements from containing provisions restricting the period during which members can resign from a union. | Republican | N/A | Labor and Industry | Referred to committee | 10/26/2018 |
5 | Pennsylvania | SB13 | This bill would alter the union formation process to "allow for a simple card check where expressing majority support would be sufficient." The bill would also require that employers grant union representatives access to new employees to provide information on union membership. | Bipartisan | N/A | Labor and Industry | Referred to committee | 10/4/2018 |
6 | Pennsylvania | HB2606 | This bill would alter the union formation process to "allow for a simple card check where expressing majority support would be sufficient." The bill would also require that employers grant union representatives access to new employees to provide information on union membership. | Bipartisan | N/A | Labor and Industry | Referred to committee | 9/7/2018 |
7 | Massachusetts | S2644 | This bill would restrict public access to personal information about state employees, including home address, email address, and telephone numbers. Employee organizations would have access to this information. Employee organizations would be permitted to require non-members to pay for the costs of grievance or arbitration proceedings. Public employers would be required to provide employee organizations access to employees, including the right to meet with employees on work premises. The bill also would alter the windows of time during which employees may choose to revoke payroll deductions for the payment of union dues. | N/A | N/A | House Ways and Means | Passed upper chamber | 8/6/2018 |
8 | Pennsylvania | HB2571 | This bill would require public employers to notify non-union members every payday that payments to unions are voluntary. This would also require public employers to notify new employees that union membership is not compulsory. The bill would prohibit public employers from making payroll deductions from non-union members for voluntary union payments. | Republican | N/A | Labor and Industry | Referred to committee | 10/9/2018 |
9 | Delaware | HB464 | This bill would require public employers to release information about employees to recognized unions. | Bipartisan | N/A | Labor | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
10 | Michigan | HB5882 | Establishes registration and disclosure requirements for labor organizations representing casino gaming employees | Republican | N/A | Regulatory Reform | Referred to committee | 4/26/2018 |
11 | Colorado | SB264 | "The bill prohibits public school teachers and teacher organizations from directly or indirectly inducing, instigating, encouraging, authorizing, ratifying, or participating in a strike against any public school employer. ... If a teacher organization is found in contempt, any collective bargaining agreement negotiated by the organization is rendered null and void. The organization cannot represent public school teachers or collect dues from them for one year, and a public school employer is prohibited from negotiating with the organization during that time. These penalties may be suspended or modified by the court if the public school employer so requests and the court finds it is in the public interest to do so." | Republican | N/A | State, Veterans, and Military Affairs | Dead | 5/2/2018 |
12 | New York | S08152 | "Declares that all competitive class employees are entitled to collective bargaining with respect to matters pertaining to disciplinary procedures." | Republican | N/A | Civil Service and Pensions | Referred to committee | 4/10/2018 |
13 | New Jersey | A3686 | "The bill requires public employers to provide exclusive representative employee organizations with access to members of the negotiation units. ... The bill specifies that home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, birth dates, employee negotiation units and groupings, and communications between employee organizations and their members, prospective members, and non-members, are not government records and are exempt from the disclosure requirements of P.L.1963, c.73." | Democratic | S2137 | Labor | Enacted | 5/18/2018 |
14 | Louisiana | HB555 | "Makes collective bargaining sessions between public employers and employees public meetings subject to the Open Meetings Law and makes documents presented during such sessions subject to the Public Records Law." | Republican | N/A | House and Governmental Affairs | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
15 | Louisiana | HB626 | "Proposed law requires that an administrative fee of up to 3% be withheld from anyauthorized payroll withholding for any professional organization or union dues to recover any costs associated with making the withholding. Proposed law requires that if an employing authority elects to make deductions for one union, professional association, or professional organization, it shall make deductions for all competing unions, professional associations, or professional organizations, collecting the administrative fee for each. Proposed law provides that any collective bargaining agreement contrary to proposed law is void in its entirety." | Republican | N/A | Appropriations | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
16 | Connecticut | HB05473 | "Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, no employer, or agent, representative or designee of such employer, shall require an employee to attend an employer-sponsored meeting with the employer or its agent, representative or designee, the primary purpose of which is to communicate the employer's opinion concerning political or religious matters, except that an employer or its agent, representative or designee may communicate to an employee any information concerning political or religious matters that the employer is required by law to communicate, but only to the extent of such legal requirement. ... "Political matters" means matters relating to: Elections for political office, political parties, legislation, regulation and the decision to join or support any political party or political, civic, community, fraternal or labor organization." | N/A | N/A | Labor and Public Employees | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
17 | New Jersey | S2137 | "The bill requires public employers to provide exclusive representative employee organizations with access to members of the negotiation units. ... The bill specifies that home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, birth dates, employee negotiation units and groupings, and communications between employee organizations and their members, prospective members, and non-members, are not government records and are exempt from the disclosure requirements of P.L.1963, c.73." | Democratic | A3686 | Labor | Dead | 4/14/2018 |
18 | Missouri | HJR103 | "Upon voter approval, this proposed Constitutional amendment prohibits employers from requiring employees to join or refrain from joining a labor organization, or requiring employees to pay any dues to a labor organization. A person injured by a violation of this section may recover damages including reasonable attorney's fees. Prosecuting attorneys, circuit attorneys, and the Attorney General are charged with investigating complaints under this amendment. Any agreement between an employer and a labor organization contrary to this provision is void. Certain specified employers, employees, and agreements are excluded from the provisions of this proposed Constitutional amendment." | Republican | N/A | Economic Development | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
19 | Missouri | SJR40 | "Under this constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, employers are barred from requiring employees to become, remain, or refrain from becoming a member of a labor organization or pay dues or other charges required of labor organization members as a condition of employment." | Republican | N/A | General Laws | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
20 | Missouri | HB2595 | "This bill repeals Section 290.590, RSMo, which prohibits employers from requiring employees to join or refrain from joining a labor organization, requiring employees to pay any money to a labor organization, or requiring employees to pay any charity or third party the equivalent of money required to be paid by members of a labor organization." | Democratic | N/A | Economic Development | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
21 | Wisconsin | AB977 | "Under this bill, all municipal employees may collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment under the Municipal Employment Relations Act and all state employees may collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment under the State Employment Labor Relations Act. This bill also permits University of Wisconsin System employees to collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment similar to employees covered by SELRA. In addition, this bill permits employees of the UW Hospitals and Clinics Authority and certain home care and child care providers to collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment." | Democratic | N/A | Labor | Dead | 3/31/2018 |
22 | Maryland | HB1741 | "Requiring that the written recommendations of a fact finder are binding in a collective bargaining dispute between the Maryland Transportation Authority and the exclusive representative of certain Maryland Transportation Authority police officers." | Democratic | N/A | N/A | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
23 | Connecticut | HB05177 | This bill requires a public agency, upon receiving a permissible request for public employee personnel files, to first disclose the requested information to the person making the request and then to notify the employee concerned and the employee's collective bargaining agent. | N/A | N/A | Government Administration and Elections | Enacted | 5/24/2018 |
24 | Missouri | HJR88 | "Upon voter approval, this proposed Constitutional amendment prohibits employers from requiring employees to join or refrain from joining a labor organization, or requiring employees to pay any dues to a labor organization. Any agreement between an employer and a labor organization contrary to this provision is void. Certain specified employers, employees, and agreements are excluded from the provisions of this proposed Constitutional amendment." | Republican | N/A | Economic Development | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
25 | California | AB3034 | "This bill would give employees within the supervisory units of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purposes of representation on all employer-employee relations matters and would permit these employees to meet, confer, and enter into memoranda of understanding for these purposes pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act." | Democratic | N/A | Appropriations (Senate) | Vetoed | 9/28/2018 |
26 | Illinois | SB3534 | "Modifies the definition of 'public employee' or 'employee' to exclude from bargaining unit status any employee of the Department of Human Services who is classified as or who holds the position of Public Service Administrator, but not including persons holding the position of Public Service Administrator on and before the effective date of this amendatory Act." | Republican | N/A | Assignments | Referred to committee | 4/30/2018 |
27 | California | AB2886 | "This bill, on and after January 1, 2020, would require employers and employees of the Orange County Transit District to adjudicate complaints of specified labor violations before PERB as an unfair practice and would authorize specified parties aggrieved by PERB’s decision or order to petition for relief from that decision or order, as provided." | Democratic | N/A | Appropriations (Senate) | Vetoed | 9/28/2018 |
28 | Illinois | HB4850 | "Modifies the definition of 'public employee' or 'employee' to exclude from bargaining unit status any employee of the Department of Human Services who is classified as or who holds the position of Public Service Administrator, but not including persons holding the position of Public Service Administrator on and before the effective date of this amendatory Act." | Republican | N/A | Rules | Referred to committee | 4/16/2018 |
29 | Iowa | SF2270 | "A bill for an act concerning public employee organization elections conducted by the public employment relations board and including effective date and applicability provisions." | Republican | N/A | Labor and Business Relations | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
30 | Illinois | HB4742 | "Provides that a school district may not reduce the number of full-time staff members of a department as a result of hiring a substitute teacher recruiting firm. Provides that, in the event of a teacher's strike, a school district may not use a recruiting firm to hire a substitute teacher. Provides that the Chicago School District may contract with a substitute teacher recruiting firm under the program only if certain requirements are met. Provides that a substitute teacher recruiting firm may enter into an agreement with a labor organization that has a collective bargaining agreement with a school district. Effective immediately." | Bipartisan | N/A | Education | Enacted | 8/13/2018 |
31 | Illinois | SB2838 | This bill would prohibit a school district from using a recruiting firm to hire substitute teachers in the event of a teachers' strike. This bill would also permit a substitute teacher recruiting firm to enter into an agreement with a labor organization that has a collective bargaining agreement with a school district. | Republican | N/A | Elementary and Secondary Education | Passed both chambers | 6/4/2018 |
32 | California | AB2154 | "The bill would require ... public employers to grant a reasonable number of employee representatives of the exclusive representative reasonable time off without loss of compensation or other benefits for specified activities." | Democratic | N/A | Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security | Dead | 4/20/2018 |
33 | California | SB1085 | This bill would require public employers to grant leaves of absence without loss of pay or benefits to employees who serve as stewards or officers of an employee organization. | Democratic | N/A | Appropriations | Enacted | 9/28/2018 |
34 | Maryland | HB1017 | "Requiring the Department of Budget and Management, University System of Maryland system institutions, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College to provide certain information on certain employees to certain exclusive representatives within 30 days of a new employee's date of hire; requiring an exclusive representative to withhold certain communication with an employee on the written request of the employee with certain exceptions; etc." | Democratic | N/A | Finance (Senate) | Enacted | 4/7/2018 |
35 | Illinois | HB4598 | "Modifies the definition of 'firefighter' in the Act to include paramedics employed by a unit of local government." | Democratic | N/A | Rules | Referred to committee | 4/16/2018 |
36 | Iowa | SF2186 | "A bill for an act concerning employment matters involving public employees including collective bargaining, educator employment matters, personnel records and settlement agreements, city civil service requirements, and health insurance matters, and including effective date, applicability, and transition provisions." | Democratic | HF2201 | Labor and Business Relations | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
37 | California | AB2048 | "This bill would enact the Legislature Employer-Employee Relations Act, to provide employees of the Legislature, including some supervisory and managerial employees, the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations. The bill would prescribe rights, duties, and prohibitions in this context that parallel those in the Dills Act. The bill would prohibit the Public Employment Relations Board from including employees of the Legislature in a bargaining unit that includes employees other than those of the Legislature. The bill would make it a misdemeanor for any person to willfully resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with any member of the board, or any of its agents, in the performance of duties pursuant to its provisions. By expanding the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would provide that the provisions of the Legislature Employer-Employee Relations Act are severable." | Democratic | N/A | Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security | Dead | 4/25/2018 |
38 | California | AB2049 | This bill would authorize school districts and community colleges to rely on labor unions when determining whether a request to discontinue payroll deductions for union dues is in conformity with the requirements established in the initial payroll deduction authorization. | Democratic | N/A | Appropriations | Dead | 8/8/2018 |
39 | Oregon | HB4113 | "Includes class size as mandatory subject of school district collective bargaining." | Democratic | N/A | Education (Senate) | Dead | 3/28/2018 |
40 | California | AB2017 | "This bill would include in the definition of 'public employer' under these provisions those employers of excluded supervisory employees and judicial council employees. The bill would additionally prohibit a public employer from deterring or discouraging prospective public employees, as defined, from becoming or remaining members of an employee organization." | Democratic | N/A | Appropriations (Senate) | Dead | 8/8/2018 |
41 | Oklahoma | SB960 | "An Act relating to school employees; amending 70 O.S. 2011, Section 5-139, which relates to professional organization dues; requiring certain request to be written; prohibiting a school district policy or negotiated agreement from placing certain conditions to initiate or terminate certain payroll deduction; requiring a school district to reimburse certain deductions made after certain request; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency." | Republican | N/A | Common Education (House) | Enacted | 5/4/2018 |
42 | New Jersey | S1650 | "Establishes the “New Jersey Right to Work Act”; prohibits payroll deduction of union dues from wages or salaries of public employees." | Republican | A183 | Labor | Referred to committee | 12/31/2018 |
43 | Oregon | SB1524 | "Prohibits union security agreements between public employer and union. Permits public employees to choose not to join union or pay union dues. Exempts unions from duty to represent public employees who choose not to join union or pay union dues." | Republican | N/A | Workforce | Dead | 3/28/2018 |
44 | Maryland | SB819 | "Requiring certain public school employers to provide an exclusive representative with access to new employee processing; requiring that the structure, time, and manner of certain access be determined through certain negotiations; authorizing certain parties to request certain impasse proceedings under certain circumstances; requiring the public school employer to provide the exclusive representative with certain information within 30 days of the date of hire or by the first pay period after the date of hire; etc." | Democratic | N/A | Finance | Enacted | 4/8/2018 |
45 | Oklahoma | HB2723 | "The introduced measure requires the board of education of each school district to hold a secret ballot election for all employees in a bargaining unit represented by an existing employee organization to determine if the organization retains the support of a majority of all employees in the bargaining unit." | Republican | N/A | Common Education | Referred to committee | 3/31/2018 |
46 | Maryland | HB864 | "Prohibiting a memorandum of understanding agreed to and ratified under certain provisions of law from expiring until it is succeeded by a memorandum of understanding agreed to and ratified under certain provisions of law; requiring that the terms of a certain memorandum of understanding continue in force and effect until a certain memorandum of understanding is agreed to and ratified; authorizing an exclusive representative to file a certain action in a circuit court under certain circumstances; etc." | Democratic | N/A | Finance (Senate) | Enacted | 4/7/2018 |
47 | Maryland | SB677 | "Requiring the Department of Budget and Management, University System of Maryland system institutions, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College to provide certain information on certain employees to certain exclusive representatives within 30 days of a new employee's date of hire; requiring an exclusive representative to withhold certain communication with an employee under certain circumstances; etc." | Democratic | N/A | Appropriations (House) | Enacted | 4/13/2018 |
48 | Maryland | SB654 | "Prohibiting a memorandum of understanding agreed to and ratified under certain provisions of law from expiring until it is succeeded by a memorandum of understanding agreed to and ratified under a certain provision of the law; requiring that the terms of a certain memorandum of understanding continue in force and effect until a certain memorandum of understanding is agreed to and ratified; authorizing an exclusive representative to file a certain action in a circuit court under certain circumstances; etc." | Democratic | N/A | Appropriations (House) | Enacted | 4/8/2018 |
49 | Iowa | HF2201 | "A bill for an act concerning employment matters involving public employees including collective bargaining, educator employment matters, personnel records and settlement agreements, city civil service requirements, and health insurance matters, and including effective date, applicability, and transition provisions." | Democratic | SF2186 | Labor | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
50 | Maryland | HB808 | "Altering the definition of 'supervisory employee' by removing a provision that status as a supervisory employee may be determined by certain negotiations between a certain public school employer and a certain employee organization." | Democratic | N/A | Finance (Senate) | Vetoed | 5/30/2018 |
51 | Maryland | HB811 | "Requiring certain public school employers to provide an exclusive representative with access to new employee processing; requiring that the structure, time, and manner of certain access be determined through certain negotiations; authorizing certain parties to request certain impasse proceedings under certain circumstances; requiring the public school employer to provide the exclusive representative with certain information within 30 days of the date of hire or by the first pay period after the date of hire; etc." | Democratic | N/A | Finance (Senate) | Enacted | 4/7/2018 |
52 | Maryland | SB655 | "Clarifying that a member of the State Labor Relations Board or State Higher Education Labor Relations Board may petition the circuit court to order the State, a president, a system institution, or a person to comply with an order from the Board; establishing that the failure to meet an established negotiation deadline is an unfair labor practice under certain conditions; requiring a system institution in the University System of Maryland to designate a representative of the Board of Regents to participate in collective bargaining; etc." | Democratic | N/A | Finance | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
53 | Illinois | HB4468 | "Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act to limit the required subjects of collective bargaining under those respective Acts to employee wages. Exempts specified security employees, peace officer units, and units of fire fighters or paramedics from provisions limiting the subjects of collective bargaining to employee wages." | Republican | N/A | Rules | Referred to committee | 3/27/2018 |
54 | Maryland | HB667 | "Establishing collective bargaining rights for community college employees; establishing procedures for the selection of an exclusive bargaining representative; establishing that a maximum number of six bargaining units may be designated; requiring certain contracts and agreements entered into before October 1, 2018, to remain in effect until the agreement or contract expires; etc." | Democratic | N/A | Appropriations | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
55 | Maryland | SB560 | "Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at certain public institutions of higher education; establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for certain graduate assistants; etc." | Democratic | N/A | Finance | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
56 | Rhode Island | H7376 | "Relieves state employee bargaining representatives from their obligation to represent employees in grievances/arbitrations if they were not members of the bargaining unit in the ninety (90) days prior to the events that caused the grievance." | Democratic | N/A | Labor | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
57 | Rhode Island | H7377 | This bill would authorize municipal police unions to refrain from representing employees in grievance/arbitration proceedings if those employees were not members of the collective bargaining unit within 90 days of the event precipitating grievance/arbitration proceedings. | Democratic | N/A | Labor (Senate) | Enacted | 7/5/2018 |
58 | Rhode Island | H7378 | "Relieves municipal employee bargaining representatives from their obligation to represent employees in grievances/arbitrations if they were not members of the bargaining unit in the ninety (90) days prior to the events that caused the grievance." | Democratic | N/A | Labor | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
59 | Michigan | SB0796 | "Prohibit a public employer from entering into a bargaining agreement that required or allowed paid release time for a bargaining representative to conduct union business, if the public employer paid for the release time. Prohibit a community college (in addition to a public school employer) from using its resourcees to assist a labor organization in collecting dues from employees' wages." | Republican | N/A | House Comm. on Education Reform | Passed upper chamber | 12/7/2018 |
60 | Maryland | SB408 | "Establishing collective bargaining rights for community college employees; establishing procedures for the selection of an exclusive bargaining representative; establishing that a maximum of six bargaining units may be designated; requiring certain contracts and agreements entered into before October 1, 2018, to remain in effect until the agreement or contract expires; etc." | Democratic | N/A | Finance | Dead | 3/26/2018 |
61 | California | AB1937 | "The bill would expand certain authorizations and requirements currently applicable to the Controller and employees of the state and California State University to apply also to the Regents of the University of California, the Judicial Council, counties, cities, and public authorities, including transit districts, among others, and would correspondingly broaden the definition of an employee organization. In this context, the bill would authorize employee organizations and bona fide associations to request payroll deductions and would require public employers to honor these requests. The bill would authorize public employers to make rules and regulations for the administration of specified payroll deductions, subject to meeting and conferring with the applicable employee organizations. The bill would delete the requirement that requests be made on forms approved by the Controller." | Democratic | N/A | Appropriations (Senate) | Dead | 8/8/2018 |
62 | New Mexico | HB169 | "House Bill 169 (HB169) introduces the Employee Preference Act, which allows New Mexico public employees to form, join, or assist labor organization or to refrain from those activities. The bill prohibits mandatory membership or fees from labor organizations as a condition for hiring, promotion, or continued employment. HB169 also amends the Public Employee Bargaining Act, striking the definition of “fair share” and prohibiting a public employer from requiring employees to maintain membership in or pay dues to a labor organization." | Republican | N/A | Labor and Economic Development | Dead | 3/28/2018 |
63 | Maryland | HB451 | "Clarifying that a member of the State Labor Relations Board or State Higher Education Labor Relations Board may petition the circuit court to order the State, a president, a system institution, or a person to comply with an order from the Board; establishing that the failure to meet an established negotiation deadline is an unfair labor practice under certain conditions; requiring a system institution in the University System of Maryland to designate a representative of the Board of Regents to participate in collective bargaining; etc." | Democratic | N/A | Finance (Senate) | Enacted | 5/31/2018 |
64 | South Dakota | HB1198 | "An Act to prohibit school districts from compensating official labor union representatives or negotiators." | Republican | N/A | Education | Dead | 3/31/2018 |
65 | New Mexico | SB179 | "Senate Bill 179 (SB179) introduces the Employee Preference Act, which allows New Mexico public employees to form, join, or assist labor organization or to refrain from those activities. The bill prohibits mandatory membership or fees from labor organizations as a condition for hiring, promotion, or continued employment. SB179 also amends the Public Employee Bargaining Act, striking the definition of 'fair share' and prohibiting a public employer from requiring employee to maintain membership in or pay dues to a labor organization." | Republican | N/A | Public Affairs | Dead | 3/28/2018 |
66 | Maryland | SB338 | "Expanding the application of provisions of law governing grievance procedures for certain employees in the State Personnel Management System to include certain exclusive representatives; authorizing certain exclusive representatives to present certain grievances free from coercion, discrimination, interference, reprisal, or restraint; etc." | Democratic | N/A | Finance | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
67 | Hawaii | HB2420 | "Establishes restrictions on the participation in political activities of certain state employees and officers. Imposes penalties for violations. Takes effect on 1/1/2050." | Democratic | N/A | Judiciary and Labor (Senate) | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
68 | Iowa | HF2107 | "A bill for an act relating to employee organization elections administered by the public employment relations board and including effective date and applicability provisions." | Democratic | N/A | Labor | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
69 | Kentucky | HB237 | "Amend KRS 336.130 to delete references restricting rights of public employees to organize, associate collectively, or strike" | Bipartisan | N/A | Economic Development and Workforce Investment | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
70 | Missouri | HJR79 | "Upon voter approval, this proposed Constitutional amendment prohibits employers from requiring employees to join or refrain from joining a labor organization, or requiring employees to pay any dues to a labor organization. Any agreement between an employer and a labor organization contrary to this provision is void. Certain specified employers, employees, and agreements are excluded from the provisions of this proposed Constitutional amendment." | Republican | N/A | Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions, and Ethics | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
71 | Rhode Island | S2158 | This bill would authorize municipal police unions to refrain from representing employees in grievance/arbitration proceedings if those employees were not members of the collective bargaining unit within 90 days of the event precipitating grievance/arbitration proceedings. | Democratic | N/A | Labor | Enacted | 7/2/2018 |
72 | Rhode Island | S2159 | "Relieves state employee bargaining representatives from their obligation to represent employees in grievances/arbitrations if they were not members of the bargaining unit in the ninety (90) days prior to the events that caused the grievance." | Democratic | N/A | Labor | Dead | 4/13/2018 |
73 | Rhode Island | S2160 | "Relieves municipal employee bargaining representatives from their obligation to represent employees in grievances/arbitrations if they were not members of the bargaining unit in the ninety (90) days prior to the events that caused the grievance." | Democratic | N/A | Labor | Dead | 4/13/2018 |
74 | Maryland | HB335 | "Expanding the application of provisions of law governing grievance procedures for certain employees in the State Personnel Management System; requiring a grievant to complete certain forms in sufficient detail that will allow for the expeditious resolution of the grievance; and applying a certain definition of "grievance" to a certain requirement that the Department of Transportation adopt certain regulations relating to employee grievance procedures." | Democratic | N/A | Finance (Senate) | Vetoed | 5/30/2018 |
75 | Maryland | HB278 | "Requiring an employee organization certified as exclusive representative to disclose to certain employees all offers regarding wages made by the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County during certain negotiations; authorizing the parties to use a certain mediator-arbitrator panel in a collective bargaining impasse; requiring the mediator-arbitrator panel to first consider and give the highest priority to the ability of the Montgomery Commission to pay for certain expenses under certain circumstances; etc." | N/A | N/A | Finance (Senate) | Enacted | 4/12/2018 |
76 | Maryland | HB284 | "Altering the period of time for which certain employees of the Office of the Sheriff of Cecil County are required to serve a probationary period; altering which deputy sheriffs in the Office have the right to organize and collectively bargain with the Sheriff and the Cecil County Executive with regard to certain wages, benefits, and working conditions; correcting certain references to the government of Cecil County and to a certain position in the Office; etc." | N/A | N/A | Finance (Senate) | Enacted | 5/17/2018 |
77 | Maryland | HB264 | "Prohibiting an employer from requiring, as a condition of employment or continued employment, an employee or a prospective employee to join or remain a member of a labor organization, pay charges to a labor organization, or pay a certain amount to a third party under certain circumstances; prohibiting an employer from threatening an employee or a prospective employee with certain action; providing certain penalties for violation of the Act; applying the Act prospectively; etc." | Republican | N/A | Economic Matters | Dead | 3/26/2018 |
78 | Hawaii | HB1931 | "Broadens an employee's exemption from support of a bargaining unit's exclusive representative to include political objection. Permits the exclusive representative to require an employee, in lieu of union fees, to pay an equivalent amount to a non-profit charitable fund." | Democratic | SB2370 | Labor and Public Employment; Finance | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
79 | Hawaii | HB1930 | "Amends collective bargaining law to ensure that exclusive bargaining representatives retain the resources necessary to adequately represent public employees and remove economic incentive to free ride." | Democratic | SB2369 | Labor and Public Employment | Dead | 3/27/2018 |
80 | Hawaii | SB2370 | "Broadens an employee's exemption from support of a bargaining unit exclusive representative to include political objection. Permits the exclusive representative to require an employee, in lieu of union fees, to pay an equivalent amount to a non-profit charitable fund." | Democratic | HB1931 | Judiciary and Labor; Ways and Means | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
81 | Maryland | SB246 | "Providing that a State employee may take part in political management or in political campaigns, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting certain employees of the State Board of Elections or a local board of elections from requesting from, receiving from, or giving to certain individuals a political contribution; prohibiting certain employees of certain government agencies from holding certain leadership positions in a campaign finance entity; etc." | Republican | N/A | Finance | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
82 | Hawaii | SB2360 | "Requires public employees in collective bargaining units to provide written notification to the employee's exclusive representative to discontinue the employee's payroll assignments within a certain time period. Requires the employee's exclusive representative to provide a copy of the notification to the employer within ten business days of receipt from the employee." | Democratic | HB1725 | Finance (House) | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
83 | Hawaii | SB2369 | "Amends collective bargaining law to ensure that exclusive bargaining representatives retain the resources necessary to adequately represent public employees and remove economic incentive to free ride." | Democratic | HB1930 | Judiciary and Labor | Dead | 3/27/2018 |
84 | Maryland | HB199 | "Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at certain public institutions of higher education; establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for certain graduate assistants; etc." | Democratic | N/A | Appropriations | Dead | 4/7/2018 |
85 | Vermont | H0642 | "This bill proposes to permit employees to elect a collective bargaining representative through card check elections; to require employers to provide employee contact information in relation to an effort to organize a bargaining unit; to require employees who choose not to join a union and who do not pay a collective bargaining service fee or agency fee to reimburse the union for the cost of representing them in a grievance proceeding; to repeal collective bargaining service fee provisions that have been ruled unconstitutional; to amend the law related to the use of State grant funds in relation to union organizing; and to establish a good cause standard for termination of employment in Vermont." | Democratic | N/A | General, Housing, and Military Affairs | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
86 | Maryland | HB237 | "Prohibiting community college trustees and employees from engaging in any unfair labor practice; and providing that the Act does not apply to certain activities or expenses incurred under certain circumstances." | Democratic | N/A | Finance (Senate) | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
87 | Maryland | HB163 | "Providing collective bargaining rights to adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland University College; defining 'adjunct faculty' as an employee of the University of Maryland University College who serves in a non permanent position in which student instruction is a primary duty; specifying that 'adjunct faculty' does not include a graduate student employee; establishing collective bargaining units for adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland University College; etc." | Democratic | N/A | Appropriations | Dead | 4/12/2018 |
88 | Washington | HB2751 | "Upon written authorization of an employee within the bargaining unit and after certification or recognition of the union, the employer must deduct from the employee's payments the monthly amount of dues certified by the secretary of the union and must transmit the amounts to the treasurer of the union. If a collective bargaining agreement includes a union security provision, the employer must enforce the agreement by deducting from the payments to bargaining unit members the dues required for union membership, or for nonmembers, a fee equivalent to the dues." | Democratic | SB6296 | Labor and Workplace Standards | Enacted | 3/30/2018 |
89 | Maryland | HB83 | "Providing that full-time deputy sheriffs at the rank of captain and below and full-time correctional officers at the rank of captain and below in the Office of the Sheriff of Harford County have the right to organize and negotiate with the Harford County Executive and Harford County Sheriff with regard to certain wages and employee health care premium share; requiring the right to organize and negotiate to be conducted in accordance with certain provisions of the Harford County Code unless otherwise provided in the Act; etc." | Republican | N/A | Appropriations | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
90 | Hawaii | HB1725 | "Requires public employees in collective bargaining units to provide written notification to the exclusive representative to discontinue payroll assignments within a certain time period. Requires the exclusive representative to forward the notification to the employer within ten business days of receipt." | Democratic | SB2360 | Ways and Means (Senate) | Enacted | 4/26/2018 |
91 | Washington | HB2624 | "Requiring employers to provide exclusive bargaining representatives reasonable access to new employees for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative." | Democratic | SB6229 | Rules | Dead | 4/6/2018 |
92 | Washington | SB6296 | "Addresses collective bargaining agreements and the deduction of union dues and fees." | Democratic | HB2751 | N/A | Dead | 3/26/2018 |
93 | Washington | SB6229 | "Requiring employers to provide exclusive bargaining representatives reasonable access to new employees for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative." | Democratic | HB2624 | Rules | Enacted | 4/6/2018 |
94 | West Virginia | HB2048 | "A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §8-15B-1, §8-15B-2, §8-15B-3, §8-15B-4 and §8-15B-5, all relating to meeting and conference rights for members of fire departments employed by political subdivisions; providing for the right of self-organization; allowing designation of an exclusive representative agent; imposing a duty to meet and confer with employees; allowing deduction of employee organization dues and assessments; providing for compulsory arbitration of disputes; listing prohibited acts; allowing hearing before Civil Service Commission; providing judicial review; specifying powers and duties of the Civil Service Commission; and allowing injunctive relief." | Democratic | N/A | Political Subdivisions | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
95 | California | SB866 | This bill would extend public sector union provisions to employees of the Regents of the University of California, the Judicial Council, counties, cities, and public authorities, authorizing unions to request payroll deductions for employee fees and dues. | N/A | N/A | Budget (House) | Enacted | 7/2/2018 |
96 | Colorado | HB1030 | "The bill prohibits an employer from requiring any person, as a condition of employment, to become or remain a member of a labor organization or to pay dues, fees, or other assessments to a labor organization or to a charity organization or other third party in lieu of the labor organization. Any agreement that violates these prohibitions or the rights of an employee is void." | Republican | N/A | State, Veterans, and Military Affairs | Dead | 3/29/2018 |
97 | California | AB1833 | This bill would protect public employers from liability for any legal claims involving agency fees paid to unions prior to June 27, 2018. This bill would also deny standing to current or former employees pursuing such claims. The bill's provisions would apply to any pending litigation. | N/A | N/A | Sen. Budget and Fiscal Review | Dead | 9/12/2018 |
98 | California | SB846 | This bill would protect public employers from liability for any legal claims involving agency fees paid to unions prior to June 27, 2018. This bill would also deny standing to current or former employees pursuing such claims. The bill's provisions would apply to any pending litigation. | N/A | N/A | Assembly Budget | Enacted | 9/19/2018 |
99 | Arizona | HB2077 | "Public employees may form, join and participate in, or refrain from forming, joining or participating in, any labor organization." Establishes Public Employee Labor Relations Board. | Democratic | N/A | Government and Rules | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
100 | New Jersey | A183 | "Establishes the “New Jersey Right to Work Act”; prohibits payroll deduction of union dues from wages or salaries of public employees." | Republican | S1650 | Labor | Referred to committee | 12/31/2018 |
101 | Washington | HB1287 | "Requires certain collective bargaining sessions involving contract negotiations to be open to the public." | Republican | N/A | N/A | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
102 | Washington | HB1951 | "Requires public employee collective bargaining sessions involving contract negotiations to be open to the public." | Republican | SB5545 | N/A | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
103 | Washington | SB5371 | "Increases transparency and financial disclosure of public sector unions' finances. Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved." | Republican | N/A | N/A | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
104 | Washington | SB5545 | "Requires public employee collective bargaining sessions involving contract negotiations to be open to the public." | Republican | HB1951 | N/A | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
105 | Washington | HB1007 | "Accommodates the civil rights of religious objectors to mandatory payments to labor organizations." | Republican | N/A | N/A | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
106 | Washington | SB5914 | "Authorizes a public employer, that collects and remits dues and other amounts on behalf of a labor organization, to retain up to five percent of the amount collected to offset the cost of administration." | Republican | N/A | N/A | Dead | 3/26/2018 |
107 | Washington | HB1006 | "Prohibits a person, employer, or labor organization, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment, from requiring a person to: (1) Refrain from voluntary membership in a labor organization or from financially supporting a labor organization; (2) Become or remain a member of a labor organization; or (3) Pay any dues, fees, or other charges to a labor organization or any funds to a charity or other third-party organization in lieu of paying dues or fees to a labor organization." | Republican | N/A | N/A | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
108 | Washington | SB5692 | "Prohibits a person from being required to: (1) Become or remain a member of a labor organization as a condition of employment; or (2) Pay dues, fees, assessments, or other charges to a labor organization as a condition of employment." | Republican | N/A | Commerce, Labor, and Sports | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
109 | Washington | SB5339 | "Accommodates the civil rights of religious objectors to mandatory payments to labor organizations." | Bipartisan | N/A | N/A | Dead | 3/26/2018 |
110 | Washington | HB1607 | "Requires the public employment relations commission to conduct periodic certification elections for labor unions representing public employees." | Republican | SB5551 | N/A | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
111 | Washington | SB5551 | "Requires the public employment relations commission to conduct periodic certification elections for labor unions representing public employees. | Republican | HB1607 | N/A | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
112 | Washington | SB6082 | "Ensures the neutrality of public employers and state contractors with regard to employees exercising their rights to collectively bargain." | Democratic | N/A | Committee on Commerce, Labor, and Sports | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
113 | Missouri | HB1277 | "This bill repeals Section 290.590, RSMo., which prohibits employers from requiring employees to join or refrain from joining a labor organization, requiring employees to pay any money to a labor organization, or requiring employees to pay any charity or third party the equivalent of money required to be paid by members of a labor organization." | Democratic | N/A | Economic Development | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
114 | New York | A00324 | "Allows public employee organizations an opportunity to reconsider and re-vote on a written agreement that was initially voted down." | Democratic | N/A | Governmental Employees | Referred to committee | 3/28/2018 |
115 | New York | A03934 | "Relates to disputes arising from collective negotiations; addresses strikes which occur on a date or dates more than one year after the expiration of the last agreement between the employee's public employer and the public employee organization representing such employee; relates to impasse resolution." | Democratic | N/A | Governmental Employees | Referred to committee | 3/28/2018 |
116 | New York | A05694 | "Removes the requirement that a public employer continue terms of an expired agreement until a new agreement is negotiated with an employee organization." | Republican | N/A | Governmental Employees | Referred to committee | 5/17/2018 |
117 | New York | A06233 | "Requires the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority, the Capital District Transportation Authority and the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority and their employees to submit all unresolvable contract negotiations to binding arbitration." | Democratic | S00698 | Codes | Referred to committee | 5/4/2018 |
118 | New York | A08006 | "Relates to employees classified as the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority superior officers benevolent association of an MTA-employer and the resolution of disputes in the course of collective negotiations." | Democratic | S05815 | Civil Service and Pensions (Senate) | Vetoed | 12/7/2018 |
119 | New Hampshire | HB1301 | "This bill establishes the legislature as a public employer under the public employee labor relations act and establishes procedures for collective bargaining by nonpartisan employees." | Bipartisan | N/A | Legislative Administration | Dead | 3/29/2018 |
120 | New Hampshire | HB1315 | "This bill prohibits the university system from prohibiting or using university funds to discourage an employee from becoming a member of any group or organization, or from exercising their rights of association by joining a labor union." | Democratic | N/A | Executive Departments and Administration | Dead | 4/20/2018 |
121 | Missouri | HB1923 | "This bill changes the laws relating to public employees, labor organizations, and labor agreements between a labor organization and a public body (Sections 105.500 to 105.598, RSMo). The term labor organization is defined to mean an organization that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, to collectively bargain with a public body. The bill provides that no sum shall be withheld from an employee's earnings to pay dues or other fees to a labor organization without annual authorization. Labor organizations are required to maintain financial records substantially similar to federal law, and must make the records available to employees in searchable electronic format." | Republican | N/A | Economic Development | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
122 | Missouri | SB602 | "This act allows a public body to withhold fees from employee paychecks for the purpose of paying any portion of labor organization dues, agency shop fees, or any other fees paid to a labor organization only upon the annual consent of the employee. The act also requires the employee's annual consent for labor organizations to use such fees or dues for political purposes. Any authorization required by this act may be in written or electronic form. Authorizing or refraining from authorizing any amount for any of the above purposes shall not be made a condition of employment or continued employment. All labor organizations are required to maintain financial records in substantially the same form as are required by federal law. Such organizations are further required to make such records available to each employee it represents, in an electronic searchable format. Represented employees have a right of enforcement of these provisions." | Republican | N/A | Dead | 12/31/2018 | |
123 | Missouri | SB771 | "This act allows public employee labor unions to withhold fees from public employee paychecks only upon the annual written consent of the employee. The act also requires the public employee's annual consent for public employee labor unions to use fees and dues for political purposes. Employees are required to authorize the amount to be used for political contributions to be transferred to the labor union's continuing committee. Authorizing or refraining from authorizing any amount shall in no way affect employment. Public labor unions shall keep records of all authorizations for political contributions and submit them to the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission." | Republican | N/A | General Laws | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
124 | Missouri | HB1413 | This bill would disallow employee payroll deductions for union dues, agency shop fees, or other fees levied by a public labor union unless such deductions are authorized in writing by the employee on annual basis. | Republican | N/A | General Laws (Senate) | Enacted | 6/4/2018 |
125 | Missouri | HB1577 | "This bill changes the laws relating to public employees, labor organizations, and labor agreements between a labor organization and a public body. The term labor organization is defined to mean an organization that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, to collectively bargain with a public body. The bill provides that no sum shall be withheld from an employee's earnings to pay dues or other fees to a labor organization without annual authorization. Labor organizations are required to maintain financial records substantially similar to federal law, and must make the records available to employees in searchable electronic format." | Republican | N/A | Fiscal Review | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
126 | Vermont | S0238 | "This bill proposes to permit employees to elect a collective bargaining representative through card check elections; to require employers to provide employee contact information in relation to an effort to organize a bargaining unit; to require employees who choose not to join a union and who do not pay a collective bargaining service fee or agency fee to reimburse the union for the cost of representing them in a grievance proceeding; to repeal collective bargaining service fee provisions that have been ruled unconstitutional; to amend the law related to the use of State grant funds in relation to union organizing; and to establish a good cause standard for termination of employment in Vermont." | Democratic | N/A | Economic Development, Housing, and General Affairs | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
127 | Ohio | HJR12 | "Proposing to enact Section 12 of Article XV of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to prohibit dues and other fees payable to an employee organization from being deducted from the payroll check of a public employee and to prohibit those dues and fees from being used for political purposes unless authorized by the public employee." | Republican | N/A | Government Accountability and Oversight | Referred to committee | 3/27/2018 |
128 | Ohio | HJR7 | "Proposing to enact Section 22 of Article I of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to prohibit laws, rules, and agreements that require employees of public sector employers to join or pay dues to an employee organization and to prohibit employee organizations from representing nonmember public sector employees in employment-related matters." | Republican | N/A | Government Accountability and Oversight | Referred to committee | 3/27/2018 |
129 | Ohio | HJR11 | "Proposing to enact Section 12 of Article XV of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to subject any public employee collective bargaining representative to an annual election to remain certified as the exclusive representative." | Republican | N/A | Government Accountability and Oversight | Referred to committee | 3/27/2018 |
130 | Michigan | SB0724 | "Labor; collective bargaining; requirement for agency fee for nonunion members; allow in bargaining agreements and as condition of employment in public sector. Amends secs. 9, 10 & 15 of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.209 et seq.)." | Democratic | N/A | Government Operations | Referred to committee | 3/30/2018 |
131 | Hawaii | HB923 | "Establishes the public employees' collective bargaining fund. Requires the deposit of not less than the amount equal to an undisclosed percentage of the total compensation provided to all public employees during the previous fiscal year. Amends the rights of public employee elective representation and deductions for nonmembers. Repeals the religious exemption from support of employee organization." | Democratic | N/A | N/A | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
132 | Wisconsin | SB589 | "This bill allows employees of the Department of Corrections to collectively bargain over workplace safety for the employees. Current law limits a person who is employed by the state who is not a police officer or fire fighter from collectively bargaining with the state over any issue except a percentage increase in base wages that does not exceed the percentage change in the consumer price index." | Democratic | AB695 | Judiciary and Public Safety | Dead | 3/31/2018 |
133 | Florida | S1036 | "Labor Organizations; Revising the information required to be included in an application for renewal of registration of an employee organization; providing for the revocation of certification under certain conditions; requiring certain employee organizations to recertify as bargaining agents, etc." | Republican | H0025 | Commerce and Tourism (Senate) | Dead | 3/30/2018 |
134 | Wisconsin | AB695 | "This bill allows employees of the Department of Corrections to collectively bargain over workplace safety for the employees. Current law limits a person who is employed by the state who is not a police officer or firefighter from collectively bargaining with the state over any issue except a percentage increase in base wages that does not exceed the percentage change in the consumer price index." | Democratic | SB589 | Labor | Dead | 3/31/2018 |
135 | Florida | H0025 | "Labor Organizations; Revises required information to be included in application for renewal of registration of employee organization; provides for revocation of certification under certain conditions; requires certain employee organizations to recertify as certified bargaining agents; provides nonapplicability with respect to employee organizations that represent or seek to represent certain employees; provides appropriation & authorizes positions." | Republican | S1036 | Commerce and Tourism (Senate) | Dead | 3/30/2018 |
136 | Maryland | SB73 | "Providing that full-time deputy sheriffs at the rank of captain and below and full-time correctional officers at the rank of captain and below in the Office of the Sheriff of Harford County have the right to organize and negotiate with the Harford County Executive and Harford County Sheriff with regard to certain wages and employee health care premium share; requiring the right to organize and negotiate to be conducted in accordance with certain provisions of the Harford County Code unless otherwise provided in the Act; etc." | Republican | N/A | Appropriations (House) | Enacted | 5/17/2018 |
137 | Maryland | HB15 | "Providing that full-time deputy sheriffs at the rank of captain and below and full-time correctional officers at the rank of captain and below in the Office of the Sheriff of Harford County have the right to organize and negotiate with the Harford County Executive and Harford County Sheriff with regard to certain wages and employee health care premium share; requiring the right to organize and negotiate to be conducted in accordance with certain provisions of the Harford County Code unless otherwise provided in the Act; etc." | Bipartisan | N/A | Appropriations | Dead | 4/3/2018 |
138 | Washington | SB5969 | "Requires the office of financial management to maintain a web site that is accessible to the public of all agreements collectively bargained with state employees to facilitate public inspection of state collective bargaining agreements. Establishes a joint committee on employment relations for the purpose of consulting with the governor or the governor's designee and institutions of higher education on matters related to collective bargaining with state employees." | Bipartisan | N/A | No committee | Enacted | 4/6/2018 |
139 | Delaware | HB214 | "This bill amends merit compensation bargaining unit by allowing non-uniformed correctional employees, including correctional counselors, correctional administrative staff and similar occupations, to bargain over compensation. These correctional employees are presently the only correctional employees excluded from compensation bargaining." | Democratic | N/A | Labor (Senate) | Enacted | 3/28/2018 |
140 | Michigan | HB4595 | "An act to prohibit strikes by certain public employees; to provide review from disciplinary action with respect thereto; to provide for the mediation of grievances and the holding of elections; to declare and protect the rights and privileges of public employees; to require certain provisions in collective bargaining agreements; to establish reporting requirements for certain bargaining representatives" | Republican | N/A | Michigan Competitiveness | Referred to committee | 3/30/2018 |
141 | Michigan | HB4596 | "Labor; collective bargaining; exclusive clause in labor agreements for public sector unions; prohibit. Amends secs. 1, 9, 10, 11 & 15 of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.201 et seq.)." | Republican | N/A | Michigan Competitiveness | Referred to committee | 3/30/2018 |
142 | Alaska | HB244 | "An Act authorizing employers and employees to mediate disputed workers' compensation claims and to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement that offers mediation and mandates arbitration of disputed workers' compensation claims by a hearing officer or other classified employee of the division of workers' compensation and allowing collective bargaining agreements to supersede certain provisions of the Alaska Workers' Compensation Act; and providing for an effective date." | Democratic | N/A | Labor and Commerce | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
143 | New York | A07601 | "Requires public employers to process dues authorization cards, to begin making required deductions and to transmit union dues to the recognized collective bargaining organization within thirty days. Provides that within 30 days of employment or reemployment with a public employer, or promotion and transfers to new bargaining units the employer shall provide the recognized employee organization of the name, job title, work location, work contact information and hours and allow the duly appointed representative to meet with that employee during work time for up to one hour." | Bipartisan | S05778 | Rules (Senate) | Introduced | 4/6/2018 |
144 | Maine | LD1555 | "This bill allows a public employer of teachers to designate the State as its representative in collective bargaining negotiations for the purpose of encouraging consistent teacher contracts statewide." | Republican | N/A | Education and Cultural Affairs | Dead | 3/28/2018 |
145 | Pennsylvania | HB53 | "No collective bargaining agreement made after the effective date [of this legislation] by any political subdivision made after the effective date of this section by any political subdivision nor any extension of an existing collective bargaining agreement made after the effective date of this section by any political subdivision may require payment of a fair share fee to the exclusive representative by a nonmember of the exclusive representative." | Republican | N/A | State Government | Referred to committee | 3/28/2018 |
146 | New York | S05778 | "Requires public employers to process dues authorization cards, to begin making required deductions and to transmit union dues to the recognized collective bargaining organization within thirty days. Provides that within 30 days of employment or reemployment with a public employer, or promotion and transfers to new bargaining units the employer shall provide the recognized employee organization of the name, job title, work location, work contact information and hours and allow the duly appointed representative to meet with that employee during work time for up to one hour." | Bipartisan | A07601 | Rules (Senate) | Referred to committee | 6/22/2018 |
147 | Maine | LD1553 | Adds new requirement for recertification elections for collective bargaining agents | Republican | N/A | Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development | Dead | 3/28/2018 |
148 | Maine | LD1402 | "This bill authorizes public employees to authorize payroll deductions for the cost of insurance or an employee benefit offered by the employee's bargaining agent or for a contribution to a political action committee. The bill requires public employers to deduct funds from a public employee's pay as authorized by the employee and transmit those funds to the specified recipient." | Democratic | N/A | Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development | Dead | 3/28/2018 |
149 | North Carolina | H819 | Proposed constitutional amendment: "No person shall be required by an employer to become or remain a member of a labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment with the employer." | Republican | S632 | Rules and Operations of the Senate | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
150 | North Carolina | H820 | Statutory language to accompany constitutional amendment if approved | Republican | S631 | Rules and Operations of the Senate | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
151 | Maine | LD1348 | "This bill allows public employees, including municipal and county employees, state and legislative employees, university, academy and community college employees and judicial employees, to strike pursuant to the official procedures of the employees' employee organization or under a process in which an affirmative vote to strike is held. The bill requires that notice be given to the public employer stating the dates upon which the strike will begin and end. The bill also provides that the employee organization or public employer may call for emergency bargaining within 3 days of the start of the strike." | Democratic | N/A | Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development | Dead | 3/28/2018 |
152 | Maine | LD1358 | Amends state labor laws applying to municipal public employees, University of Maine employees, state employees, and judicial employees to provide that determinations by arbitrators and mediation-arbitrators are "final and binding on the parties" | Democratic | N/A | Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development | Dead | 3/28/2018 |
153 | North Carolina | S631 | Statutory language to accompany constitutional amendment if approved | Republican | H820 | Rules and Operations of the Senate | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
154 | North Carolina | S632 | Proposed constitutional amendment: "No person shall be required by an employer to become or remain a member of a labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment with the employer." | Republican | H819 | Rules and Operations of the Senate | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
155 | Delaware | HB96 | "This bill makes compensation a mandatory subject of bargaining for any group of employees who have joined together for purposes of collective bargaining and certified a labor organization to serve as their exclusive collective bargaining representative. The bill also eliminates any deadline for reaching an agreement pertaining to compensation." | Democratic | N/A | Appropriations | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
156 | New York | A06988 | "Requires the New York state power authority and its employees to submit all unresolvable contract negotiations to binding arbitration." | Democratic | S03377 | Civil Service and Pensions (Senate) | Vetoed | 3/28/2018 |
157 | Pennsylvania | HB920 | "[An act] deleting and replacing provisions relating to collective bargaining between public school employees and their public employers; setting forth public policy relating to public school employee strikes; providing for assessments and for duties of the Bureau of Mediation and the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board; and imposing penalties." | Republican | N/A | Education | Referred to committee | 3/28/2018 |
158 | Kansas | HB2401 | "HB 2401 would amend current law by disallowing dues, fees, money and other assessments deducted from a labor organization member’s paycheck for the purpose of engaging in partisan or political purposes. HB 2401 would further require all labor organizations that desire to make expenditures for partisan or political purposes to establish a specific political fund to be operated separately from any account containing money received by members’ dues. Labor organizations could use member dues to solicit contributions from members for the political fund and use member dues to communicate directly with members about political candidates or issues." | N/A | N/A | Federal and State Affairs | Dead | 5/17/2018 |
159 | Ohio | HB113 | "To prohibit any requirement that employees of private employers join or pay dues to any employee organization and to establish civil and criminal penalties against employers who violate that prohibition." | Republican | N/A | Economic Development, Commerce, and Labor | Referred to committee | 3/27/2018 |
160 | North Carolina | H238 | Repeals restriction on public employee collective bargaining; addresses other unrelated labor regulations | Democratic | S174 | Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
161 | North Carolina | S174 | Repeals restriction on public employee collective bargaining; addresses other unrelated labor regulations | Democratic | H238 | Rules and Operations of the Senate | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
162 | Pennsylvania | HB592 | "A public employer shall provide notice prior to signing a proposed collective bargaining agreement." | Republican | N/A | State Government | Referred to committee | 3/28/2018 |
163 | Iowa | HF400 | "A labor union, labor association, labor organization, or employee organization, which is the certified or recognized exclusive representative for collective bargaining under applicable federal law, may enter into an agreement with the employer of the employees it is certified or recognized to represent in collective bargaining that, as a condition of continued employment, requires employees, after thirty days of employment, either to become a member of the certified or recognized labor union, labor association, labor organization, or employee organization, or to pay a fair share fee to the extent permitted by the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Iowa, and federal law." | Democratic | N/A | Labor | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
164 | California | AB1603 | "This bill would revise the definition of 'public employee' for the purpose of the act to also include persons jointly employed by a public agency and any other employer at specified clinics and hospitals. The bill instead would specify that those rules and regulations may provide for exclusive recognition of employee organizations formally recognized pursuant to a vote of the employees of the agency or an appropriate unit thereof, subject to the employee’s right to represent himself or herself, and provided that determination of an otherwise appropriate unit of, or including, these jointly employed public employees is not contingent upon, and does not otherwise require the agency or joint employer’s consent." | Democratic | N/A | N/A | Dead | 3/27/2018 |
165 | California | AB1174 | "This bill would, commencing January 1, 2018, prohibit a person from requiring an employee, as a condition of obtaining or continuing employment, to contribute financial support to a labor organization or financially support a charity or other organization sponsored by, or at the behest of, a labor organization. This bill would permit an employee or potential employee to seek injunctive relief or monetary damages, or both, for violations or threatened violations of these provisions. This bill would exempt specified employers and employees covered by federal law and would exempt circumstances that would be preempted by federal law from these provisions." | Republican | N/A | Labor and Employment | Dead | 3/27/2018 |
166 | California | SB550 | "This bill would authorize an employee organization to make an offer to settle a dispute alleging an employer’s failure to provide wages, benefits, or working conditions required by state law in accordance with specified procedural requirements and would require the employer, if the employer does not accept the offer and fails to obtain a more favorable judgment or award, to pay the employee organization’s attorney’s fees and expenses incurred after the offer was made, subject to specified exceptions." | Democratic | N/A | N/A | Enacted | 3/27/2018 |
167 | California | SB371 | "This bill would prohibit an individual who will be affected, directly or indirectly, by a memorandum of understanding between a local public agency and a recognized public employee organization from representing the public agency in negotiations with the recognized employee organization. The bill would define the phrases “indirectly affected” and “represent the public agency” for those purposes." | Republican | N/A | Public Employment and Retirement | Dead | 3/27/2018 |
168 | Ohio | HB53 | "To remove any requirement under the Public Employees Collective Bargaining Law that public employees join or pay dues to any employee organization, to prohibit public employers from requiring public employees to join or pay dues to any employee organization, to prohibit an employee organization from being required to represent public employees who are not members of the employee organization." | Republican | N/A | Finance | Referred to committee | 3/27/2018 |
169 | California | AB530 | "This bill would expand the jurisdiction of PERB to include resolving disputes and statutory duties and rights of persons who are employed by public agencies, as defined, and are peace officers, as defined. The bill also would authorize a peace officer, or a recognized employee organization that represents any person who is a peace officer, as specified, to bring an action in superior court to seek injunctive and other relief pending a final determination by the board, as specified. The bill would except the employee relations commissions of the County of Los Angeles and the City of Los Angeles from the application of its provisions." | Democratic | N/A | N/A | Vetoed | 3/27/2018 |
170 | Pennsylvania | HB418 | "A public employer must provide notice to the public prior to accepting a proposed collective bargaining agreement as a contract." | Republican | N/A | Labor and Industry | Referred to committee | 3/28/2018 |
171 | Illinois | HB3765 | "Provides that certain provisions concerning the collection of dues under collective bargaining agreements apply only to collective bargaining agreements entered into before the effective date of this amendatory Act. Provides that for collective bargaining agreements entered into, modified, extended, or amended on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, employers shall not enter into collective bargaining agreements that provide for the payroll deduction of labor organization dues, fair share payments, initiation fees, and assessments. Provides that employers shall not deduct labor organization dues, fair share payments, initiation fees, and assessments from any employee paychecks." | Republican | N/A | Rules | Referred to committee | 3/27/2018 |
172 | Illinois | SB1307 | "Provides that a secretary, assistant, or one of like position to a person who formulates, determines, and effectuates labor relations policy is presumed to be a "confidential employee". ... [A confidential employee] has access to information relating to the effectuation or review of the employer's collective bargaining policies." | Republican | N/A | Assignments | Referred to committee | 4/14/2018 |
173 | Illinois | HB3113 | "Modifies the definition of 'public employee' or 'employee' to exclude from bargaining unit status any employee of the Department of Human Services who is classified as or who holds the position of Public Service Administrator or Executive 2." | Republican | N/A | Rules | Referred to committee | 3/27/2018 |
174 | Illinois | SB1365 | "Modifies the definition of 'public employee' or 'employee' to exclude from bargaining unit status any employee of the Department of Human Services who is classified as or who holds the position of Public Service Administrator or Executive 2." | Republican | N/A | Assignments | Referred to committee | 4/16/2018 |
175 | Illinois | SB1752 | "Modifies the term 'public employee' or 'employee' to explicitly exclude all existing and future position numbers of any employee of the Department of Human Services who is classified as or who holds the position of Public Service Administrator (Option 8N) or Internal Security Investigator II, for the purposes of the Act and contracts negotiated or entered into under the Act." | Republican | N/A | Assignments | Referred to committee | 3/27/2018 |
176 | California | SB285 | "This bill would prohibit a public employer from deterring or discouraging public employees from becoming or remaining members of an employee organization. The bill would define a public employer for this purpose to include counties, cities, districts, the state, schools, transit districts, the University of California, and the California State University, among others. The bill would grant the Public Employment Relations Board jurisdiction over violations of its provisions." | Democratic | N/A | N/A | Enacted | 3/27/2018 |
177 | Iowa | HF291 | "This Act relates to employment matters involving public employee collective bargaining, educator employment, personnel records and settlement agreements, city civil service requirements, and health insurance. ... The division prohibits the state; a state agency; a regents institution; a board of directors of a school district, a community college, or an area education agency; a county board of supervisors; a governing body of a city; or any other public employer from authorizing or administering a deduction from the salaries or wages of its employees for membership dues to an employee organization." | N/A | SF213 | N/A | Enacted | 3/29/2018 |
178 | Illinois | HB3219 | "Provides that beginning not less than 2 years, but no more than 3 years, after the effective date of this amendatory Act, and for every even-numbered year thereafter, the Illinois Labor Relations Board shall conduct an election to certify the majority representative of the employees as the exclusive bargaining representative for the unit of employees." | Republican | N/A | Rules | Referred to committee | 3/27/2018 |
179 | Alaska | HB109 | "An Act relating to requiring persons employed in the classified, exempt, or partially exempt service of the state to be a state resident; and prohibiting persons who are subject to the Public Employment Relations Act from negotiating terms contrary to that residency requirement." | Republican | N/A | State Affairs | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
180 | Iowa | HSB84 | "An Act relating to employment matters involving public employees including collective bargaining, educator employment matters, personnel records and settlement agreements, city civil service requirements, and health insurance matters, making penalties applicable, and including effective date, applicability, and transition provisions." | N/A | SF213; HF291 | Labor | Dead | 3/29/2018 |
181 | Iowa | SF213 | "A bill for an act relating to employment matters involving public employees including collective bargaining, educator employment matters, personnel records and settlement agreements, city civil service requirements, and health insurance matters, making penalties applicable, and including effective date, applicability, and transition provisions." | Republican | HSB84; HF291 | Labor and Business Relations | Dead | 3/29/2018 |
182 | Oklahoma | SB598 | "An Act relating to education organizations; amending 70 O.S. 2011, Section 5-139, which relates to professional organization dues; prohibiting school districts from making payroll deductions for membership dues in certain organization; prohibiting school districts from paying membership or other participation dues to certain organization; providing a definition; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency." | Republican | N/A | Education | Referred to committee | 3/31/2018 |
183 | Oklahoma | HB1767 | "HB 1767 provides a process for certifying or recertifying employee organizations representing public school employees, and sets a termination date for all school employee organizations not recertified by December 31, 2018." | Republican | N/A | Government Oversight and Accountability | Referred to committee | 3/31/2018 |
184 | Oklahoma | SB597 | "An Act relating to school employee organizations; prohibiting certain existing organizations from continuing to represent certain employees; requiring a school district board of education to direct certain election to certify the existing organization; directing the board of education to determine how the election shall be conducted; authorizing the board of education to establish a fee schedule to fund the election; providing for decertification of an organization if it fails to receive a sufficient number of votes; providing for continuation of certain terms of certain contract if an organization is decertified; allowing school district employees to certify a new employee organization under certain circumstances; requiring elections to be held during certain time frame; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency." | Republican | N/A | Education | Dead | 3/31/2018 |
185 | Michigan | HB4146 | "Labor; collective bargaining; requirement for agency fee for nonunion members; allow in bargaining agreements and as condition of employment in public sector. Amends secs. 9, 10 & 15 of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.209 et seq.)." | Democratic | N/A | Government Operations | Referred to committee | 3/30/2018 |
186 | Michigan | HB4147 | "Labor; collective bargaining; collective bargaining rights; revise to restore former provisions. Amends secs. 1, 2, 8, 14, 17 & 22 of 1939 PA 176 (MCL 423.1 et seq.)." | Democratic | N/A | Government Operations | Referred to committee | 3/30/2018 |
187 | California | SB201 | "This bill would make student employees, whose employment is contingent upon their status as students, “employees” and “higher education employees” for purposes of the act. The act grants employees the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations and for the purpose of meeting and conferring with their employer. Under the act, all matters not within the scope of representation are reserved to the employer and are not subject to meeting and conferring." | Democratic | N/A | N/A | Enacted | 3/27/2018 |
188 | Vermont | H0161 | "This bill proposes to prohibit the deduction of union membership fees from salary, wages, or other employment compensation received by teachers and administrators." | Republican | N/A | Education | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
189 | Tennessee | HB0115 | "This bill prohibits a state agency or local government from deducting and remitting from the payroll of an employee any dues of an employee association." | Republican | N/A | State Government | Dead | 3/29/2018 |
190 | Illinois | HB0738 | "Modifies the term 'public employee' or 'employee' to explicitly exclude all existing and future position numbers of any employee of the Department of Human Services who is classified as or who holds the position of Public Service Administrator (Option 8N) or Internal Security Investigator II, for the purposes of the Act and contracts negotiated or entered into under the Act." | Republican | N/A | Rules | Referred to committee | 3/27/2018 |
191 | Illinois | HB0660 | "Provides that a public employer is prohibited from providing the exclusive bargaining representative the social security numbers of public employees in the bargaining unit and the exclusive bargaining representative is prohibited from requesting the social security numbers of public employees in the bargaining unit." | Republican | N/A | Rules | Referred to committee | 3/27/2018 |
192 | Illinois | HB0672 | "Removes language requiring employees who are not members of a representing labor organization to pay a proportionate share of the costs of the collective bargaining process, contract administration, and pursuing matters affecting wages, hours, and conditions of employment under a collective bargaining agreement. Provides that employees shall not be required to perform certain acts as a condition of obtaining or continuing public employment." | Republican | N/A | Rules | Referred to committee | 3/27/2018 |
193 | Illinois | HB0673 | "Removes language requiring employees who are not members of a representing labor organization to pay a proportionate share of the costs of the collective bargaining process, contract administration, and pursuing matters affecting wages, hours, and conditions of employment under a collective bargaining agreement. Provides that employees shall not be required to perform certain acts as a condition of obtaining or continuing public employment. Provides that public employees shall have the right to bargain independently in their relations with the public employer." | Republican | N/A | Rules | Referred to committee | 3/27/2018 |
194 | Massachusetts | H1346 | "The commonwealth or any other employer shall require as a condition of employment the payment on or after the thirtieth day following the beginning of such employment a service fee to the employee organization which in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, is duly recognized by the employer or designated by the commission as the exclusive bargaining agent for the unit in which such employee is employed." | Democratic | N/A | Public Service | Referred to committee | 6/28/2018 |
195 | Massachusetts | H1003 | "The exclusive representative shall have the right to act for and negotiate agreements covering all employees in the unit. Nothing in the provision shall require the exclusive representative to provide representation at any level of the grievance process including arbitration in any case on behalf of an employee who has elected not to maintain membership in the employee organization for a period of at least 90 days prior to the events giving rise to the grievance." | Democratic | N/A | Labor and Workforce Development | Referred to committee | 3/27/2018 |
196 | Pennsylvania | SB168 | "Senate Bill 168 establishes a free-standing act entitled the Public Employer Collective Bargaining Transparency Act to require any proposed collective bargaining agreement between a public employer and an employee organization that has been reduced to writing to be posted on the public employer’s publically accessible Internet website within 48 hours of the proposed agreement." | Republican | N/A | Appropriations | Referred to committee | 3/28/2018 |
197 | Pennsylvania | SB166 | "Prohibits the Commonwealth, its political subdivisions, school districts and any office, board, commission, agency, authority or instrumentality thereof from deducting political contributions from an employee’s wages, except as required by a valid collective bargaining agreement. Prohibits collective bargaining agreements entered into, renewed or extended after the effective date of this act from containing provisions that require deducting political contributions from an employee’s wages." | Republican | N/A | Appropriations (House) | Dead | 3/28/2018 |
198 | Maine | LD146 | "This bill clarifies that certain personal information of municipal employees is confidential and the record or the portion of the record containing that information in the possession of a municipal government is not a public record. The types of information protected include that which pertains to age, ancestry, ethnicity, genetics, national origin, race, skin color, marital status, mental or physical disabilities, personal contact information, religion, sex, sexual orientation, social security and personal employment choices pertaining to elected payroll deductions, deferred compensation, savings plans, pension plans, health insurance and life insurance." | Bipartisan | N/A | Judiciary | Vetoed | 3/28/2018 |
199 | Illinois | HB0126 | This bill would amend the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act to modify the definition of "firefighter" to include paramedics employed by local governments. | Democratic | N/A | Labor | Passed both chambers | 6/21/2018 |
200 | Maine | LD66 | "Current law allows a public employer to deduct service fees owed by an employee to a collective bargaining agent pursuant to a lawful collective bargaining agreement. This bill prohibits a public employer from collecting those fees or collecting member dues. This bill also eliminates language from the election statutes allowing a public employer to deduct dues or other funds from an employee's pay and remit those funds to the employee's collective bargaining agent." | Republican | N/A | Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development | Dead | 3/28/2018 |
201 | Maine | LD65 | "An Act To Ensure the Right To Work without Payment of Dues or Fees to a Labor Union as a Condition of Employment" | Republican | N/A | Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development | Dead | 3/28/2018 |
202 | Iowa | SF37 | "This bill prohibits a public employer from providing office space to an employee organization at a rate less than market value." | Republican | N/A | Labor and Business Relations | Dead | 12/31/2018 |
203 | California | AB83 | "This bill would enact the Judicial Council Employer-Employee Relations Act, to provide Judicial Council employees, as defined, the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations, except for managerial, confidential, or supervisory employees, judicial officers, employees of the Supreme Court, the courts of appeal, or the Habeas Corpus Resource Center, and employees in positions designated by the Judicial Council in its sole authority and discretion as excluded positions, as specified." | Democratic | N/A | N/A | Enacted | 3/27/2018 |