Virginia Senate Bill 623 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-31 - Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Collective bargaining by firefighters and emergency medical services providers. Authorizes firefighters and emergency medical services providers employed by a political subdivision of the Commonwealth to engage in collective bargaining through labor organizations or other designated representatives. The bill provides for the appointment of a three-member board of arbitration regarding any dispute arising between an employer and firefighters or emergency medical services providers. Under the bill, determinations made by such board of arbitration are final on a disputed issue and are binding on the parties involved. Collective bargaining by firefighters and emergency medical services providers. Authorizes firefighters and emergency medical services providers employed by a political subdivision of the Commonwealth to engage in collective bargaining through labor organizations or other designated representatives. The bill provides for the appointment of a three-member board of arbitration regarding any dispute arising between an employer and firefighters or emergency medical services providers. Under the bill, determinations made by such board of arbitration are final on a disputed issue and are binding on the parties involved.

Firefighters and emergency medical services; collective bargaining by providers.

Sen. Louise Lucas [D]	Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D]	Sen. Saddam Salim [D]	Sen. Russet Perry [D]
Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

2024-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (8-Y 6-N) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-31	Senate	Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
2024-01-22	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2024-01-22	Senate	Committee substitute printed 24105500D-S1
2024-01-22	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (8-Y 6-N)
2024-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2024-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104645D

HB1284 (Similar To) 2024-02-29 - Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	55	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	57.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	57.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	57.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	57.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB623
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB623+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB623S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24105500D.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S02V0014+SB0623
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S05V0077+SB0623