AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION
Summary
Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize interest arbitration and would establish new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages/hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced May 9, 2025
Last action Jun 4, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2025
How they voted
26–5
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 36
Jun 4, 2025
D
Democratic32
81% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
06/04/2025 Senate read and passed
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Legislature · Passed
06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage
legislature
May 21, 2025
Committee
05/21/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
May 9, 2025
Introduced
05/09/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Andrew Dimitri
DDemocratic
P
Brian Thompson
DDemocratic
P
David Tikoian
DDemocratic
P
Todd Patalano
DDemocratic
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