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2020 SESSION
SB 939 Employees of local governments; collective bargaining.
Introduced by: Richard L. Saslaw | 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 HB 582.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/20 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 20102021D pdf
- 02/03/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107464D-S1 pdf
- 02/25/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20109104D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference substitute printed 20109909D-S2 pdf
- 03/18/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB939ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB939ER2) pdf
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1276) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/20 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 20102021D
- 01/13/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/03/20 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 3-N)
- 02/03/20 Senate: Incorporates SB1022 (Boysko)
- 02/03/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/03/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107464D-S1
- 02/06/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N)
- 02/10/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20107464D-S1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB939S1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/18/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/20 House: Read first time
- 02/18/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/25/20 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/25/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20109104D-H1
- 02/27/20 House: Read second time
- 02/28/20 House: Read third time
- 02/28/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20109104D-H1
- 02/28/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB939H1
- 02/28/20 House: Passed House with substitute (54-Y 46-N)
- 02/28/20 House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
- 03/02/20 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 03/03/20 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/03/20 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/04/20 Senate: Senate acceded to request (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/04/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/04/20 Senate: Senators: Saslaw, Barker, Norment
- 03/05/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/05/20 House: Delegates: Guzman, Krizek, Knight
- 03/07/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference substitute printed 20109909D-S2
- 03/08/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 44-N)
- 03/08/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 44-N)
- 03/08/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N)
- 03/08/20 Senate: Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB939ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/20 Senate: 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 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/22/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 19-N)
- 04/22/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (47-Y 44-N)
- 04/22/20 House: VOTE: (47-Y 44-N)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB939ER2)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 1276 (effective 5/1/21)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1276)