Indiana Senate Bill 251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Passed on April 22 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-22 - Public Law 98
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Deduction of dues to exclusive representative. Provides that a school employee has the right to resign from, and end any financial obligation to, a school employee organization at any time. Provides that a school employee must annually authorize a pay deduction to a school employee organization. Provides that the attorney general, in consultation with the Indiana education employment relations board (board) shall prescribe an authorization for withholding form for use by a school employee to deduct dues from the pay of the school employee to the school employee organization. Adds certain requirements for information to be included on the form. Provides that after receiving the authorization for withholding form, the employer shall confirm the authorization by sending an electronic mail message to the school employee at the employee's school provided work electronic mail address and shall wait for confirmation of the authorization before starting any deduction. Specifies the time frame for (1) ceasing withholding upon receipt of a request, and (2) providing notice to the school employee organization. Provides that a school employer shall annually provide, at a time it prescribes, written or electronic mail notification to its school employees of their right to cease payment of school employee organization dues and to withdraw from that organization. Specifies what the notification must include. Provides that the attorney general, in consultation with the board and the department of education, must annually provide notice to school employers of certain provisions.

Deduction of dues to exclusive representative.

Sen. Philip Boots [R]	Sen. Linda Rogers [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Sen. Erin Houchin [R]
Rep. Chuck Goodrich [R]	Rep. Robert Behning [R]	Rep. John Prescott [R]	Rep. Martin Carbaugh [R]

2021-04-06 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 58 N: 34 NV: 2 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2021-04-05 - House - House - Amendment #1 (Hatfield) failed (Y: 31 N: 62 NV: 3 Abs: 4) [FAIL]
2021-04-01 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-18 - Senate - Senate - Reread third time (Y: 27 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-16 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 24 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2021-02-10 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-22	Senate	Public Law 98
2021-04-22	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2021-04-19	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2021-04-13	House	Signed by the Speaker
2021-04-12	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2021-04-07	House	Returned to the Senate without amendments
2021-04-06	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 366: yeas 58, nays 34
2021-04-05	House	Amendment #1 (Hatfield) failed; Roll Call 357: yeas 31, nays 62
2021-04-05	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2021-04-01	House	Representative Carbaugh added as cosponsor
2021-04-01	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2021-03-25	House	Representative Prescott added as cosponsor
2021-03-04	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
2021-02-19	Senate	Referred to the House
2021-02-18	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Behning
2021-02-18	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Goodrich
2021-02-18	Senate	Reread third time: passed; Roll Call 137: yeas 27, nays 22
2021-02-16	Senate	Senator Houchin added as coauthor
2021-02-16	Senate	Senator Rogers added as second author
2021-02-16	Senate	Third reading: failed for lack of constitutional majority; Roll Call 131: yeas 24, nays 22
2021-02-15	Senate	Senator Raatz added as third author
2021-02-15	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2021-02-11	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2021-01-14	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor
2021-01-14	Senate	Authored by Senator Boots

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/251/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/5/0/e/b50ef495/SB0251.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/4/b/2/64b21717/SB0251.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/c/6/6/cc66140a/SB0251.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/b/3/6/5b365a25/SB0251.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/4/6/c/446ceaa8/SB0251.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/5/6/3/95633585/SB0251.04.ENRH.pdf
Amendment	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/0/b/1/20b1144b/SB0251.03.COMH.AMH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/2/7/4/127456ca/SB0251.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/0/6/4/e064832c/SB0251.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/d/1/9/cd194787/SB0251.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/f/b/8/7fb8b69d/SB0251.02.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/0/2/d/602db00a/SB0251.02.COMS.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/8/0/4/d80416da/SB0251.02.COMS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/d/4/0/7d408b0b/SB0251.03.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/f/9/d/bf9d370f/SB0251.03.COMH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/2/d/0/32d02eba/SB0251.03.COMH.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/c/3/d/9c3d9118/SB0251.04.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/3/8/f/438ff8ef/SB0251.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/7/1/4/4714b182/SB0251.131_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/f/7/8/4f78ea20/SB0251.137_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/d/9/5/dd951dab/SB0251.02.COMS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/c/1/b/ac1be040/SB0251.357_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/2/2/2/822232fd/SB0251.366_H.pdf