Employee Organizations Representing Public Employees
Summary
Employee Organizations Representing Public Employees; Requiring a public employee who desires to be a member of an employee organization to sign a membership authorization form beginning on a specified date; requiring an employee organization to revoke a public employee’s membership upon receipt of his or her written request for revocation; prohibiting certain employee organizations from having dues and uniform assessments deducted and collected by the employer from certain salaries; revising requirements for applications for initial registrations and renewals of registration of employee organizations; revising prohibitions for employee organizations and certain persons and entities relating to employee organizations, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Mar 7, 2023
Signed May 9, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 29, 2023 · House Apr 26, 2023
How they voted
23–16
Passed
Total votes 39
Mar 29, 2023
D
Democratic11
100% Nay
I
Independent1
100% Nay
R
Republican27
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
40
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 9, 2023
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Apr 26, 2023
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 72, NAYS 44
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Mar 29, 2023
Upper · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 23 NAYS 17
upper
Mar 29, 2023
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (690590)
upper
Mar 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (297578)
upper
Mar 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 13, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/16/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 9, 2023
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/07/23, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Mar 1, 2023
Committee
Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Fiscal Policy
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Blaise Ingoglia
RRepublican
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