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2020 SESSION
HB 582 Employees of local governments; collective bargaining.
Introduced by: Elizabeth R. Guzman | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Labor and employment; collective bargaining; employees of counties, cities, and towns. Permits counties, cities, and towns to adopt local ordinances authorizing them to (i) recognize any labor union or other employee association as a bargaining agent of any public officers or employees, except for Constitutional officers and their employees, and including public school employees and (ii) collectively bargain or enter into any collective bargaining contract with any such union or association or its agents with respect to any matter relating to them or their employment. The bill provides that for any governing body of a county, city, or town that has not adopted an ordinance or resolution providing for collective bargaining, such governing body is required, within 120 days of receiving certification from a majority of public employees in a unit considered by such employees to be appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, to take a vote to adopt or not adopt an ordinance or resolution to provide for collective bargaining by such public employees and any other public employees deemed appropriate by the governing body. The bill provides that the prohibition against striking for public employees applies, irrespective of any such local ordinance. The bill has a delayed effective date of May 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 939.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104418D pdf | impact statements
- 01/28/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106939D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20106939D-EH1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20109070D-S1 pdf
- 03/07/20 House: Conference substitute printed 20109911D-H2 pdf
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB582ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB582ER2) pdf
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1209) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments not adopted
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/06/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104418D
- 01/06/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/28/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106939D-H1
- 01/28/20 House: Incorporates HB327 (Levine)
- 01/28/20 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
- 01/28/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/29/20 House: Reported from Appropriations with amendments (12-Y 8-N)
- 01/31/20 House: Read first time
- 02/03/20 House: Read second time
- 02/03/20 House: Committee substitute on Labor and Commerce agreed to 20106939D-H1
- 02/03/20 House: Committee on Appropriations amendments agreed to
- 02/03/20 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/04/20 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/20 House: Read second time
- 02/05/20 House: Motion to pass by Delegate O'Quinn's amendments temporarily agreed to
- 02/05/20 House: Amendments #3 and #4 by Delegate Simon withdrawn
- 02/05/20 House: Amendments #1, #2, #5 and #6 by Delegate Simon agreed to
- 02/05/20 House: Amendments by Delegate Simon agreed to
- 02/05/20 House: Amendments by Delegate O'Quinn withdrawn
- 02/05/20 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/05/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB582EH1
- 02/05/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20106939D-EH1
- 02/06/20 House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
- 02/06/20 House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)
- 02/07/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/24/20 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/24/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20109070D-S1
- 02/24/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/02/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 3-N)
- 03/04/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/05/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20109070D-S1
- 03/05/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB582S1
- 03/05/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 20109070D-S1 (52-Y 46-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 46-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Reconsideration of Senate substitute agreed to by House
- 03/05/20 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 20109070D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: REJECTED #2 (0-Y 97-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (22-Y 18-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/05/20 House: House acceded to request
- 03/05/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/05/20 House: Delegates: Guzman, Krizek, Knight
- 03/05/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/20 Senate: Senators: Saslaw, Barker, Norment
- 03/07/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/07/20 House: Conference substitute printed 20109911D-H2
- 03/07/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (53-Y 46-N)
- 03/07/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 46-N)
- 03/08/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- 03/18/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB582ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 03/20/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/11/20 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/22/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/22/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (49-Y 44-N)
- 04/22/20 House: VOTE: (49-Y 44-N)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 20-N)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Chair votes Yes
- 04/22/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB582ER2)
- 04/22/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 1209 (effective 5/1/21)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1209)