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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

SB 5169: Labor bargaining/neutrality

Ensuring the neutrality of public employers and state contractors with regard to employees exercising their rights to collectively bargain.

Summary

  • Makes it an unfair labor practice for an employer to not maintain neutrality with regard to employees seeking to exercise their collective bargaining rights.
  • Requires bidders on public works contracts and state goods and services contracts to certify that they will not influence employees seeking to exercise their collective bargaining rights.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5169), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 15, 2019
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Bob Hasegawa (D-11)
Introduced
January 15, 2019 in the Senate
Last action
January 13, 2020
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to ensuring the neutrality of public employers and state contractors with regard to employees exercising their rights to collectively bargain;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Bob Hasegawa (D-11)

2 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Rebecca Saldaña D-37Karen Keiser D-33

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

SB 5169 in other sessions

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

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