BILL · 2011–12 SESSION
SB 5347: Right to work
Protecting the right to work.
Summary
- Declares that it is the policy of the state that a person shall not be required by an employer to: (1) Abstain or refrain from membership in any labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment; or (2) Become or remain a member of a labor organization as a condition of employment.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 21, 2011
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Dan Swecker (R-20)
- Introduced
- January 21, 2011 in the Senate
- Last action
- April 11, 2012
AN ACT Relating to protecting the right to work;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Dan Swecker (R-20)
2 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.
SB 5347 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5347 (2025–26) Organized retail theft
- SB 5347 (2023–24) Abstract driving records
- SB 5347 (2021–22) Cooperatives/member voting
- SB 5347 (2019–20) Electric utilities/climate
- SB 5347 (2017–18) WorkFirst, "work activity"
- SB 5347 (2015–16) Flood plains/ag land, etc.
- SB 5347 (2013–14) Right to vote on initiatives
- SB 5347 (2009–10) Hospital charity care