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BILL · 2001–02 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6440

SB 6440: Collective bargaining

Providing for collective bargaining at four-year institutions of higher education.

Summary

  • Faculty members at state four-year institutions of higher education are granted the right to bargain over wages, hours, and working conditions. Only one bargaining unit is allowable for faculty of each university.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6440), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2002
  2. Out of committeeFeb 12, 2002
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Margarita Prentice (D-11)
Introduced
January 17, 2002 in the Senate
Last action
February 28, 2002
Companion bill
HB 2403
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 6440, SSB 6440

AN ACT Relating to labor relations at the public four-year institutions of higher education;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Margarita Prentice (D-11)

10 co-sponsors (8 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Darlene Fairley D-32Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36Shirley Winsley R-28Karen Keiser D-33Rosemary McAuliffe D-1Erik Poulsen D-34Rosa Franklin D-29Lisa Brown D-3Harriet Spanel D-40Don Carlson R-49

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 6440)
  2. Senate Rules "X" file.
  3. Minority; do not pass. (SSB 6440)
  4. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 6440)
  5. WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions. (SSB 6440)
  6. WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions.
  7. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  8. Minority; do not pass.
  9. On motion, referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 6440)
  10. On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
  11. Held for further consideration. (SSB 6440)
  12. LCF - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6440)
  13. And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 6440)
  14. Minority; do not pass. (SSB 6440)
  15. Minority; do not pass.
  16. And refer to Ways & Means.
  17. LCF - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  18. Held for further consideration.
  19. First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions.

SB 6440 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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