Bill Text: NH HB1322 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibiting university system funds from being spent to oppose the formation of unions and collective bargaining units.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-16 - Introduced 06/16/2020, and Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 06/16/2020; Senate Journal 8 [HB1322 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-HB1322-Introduced.html
HB 1322 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL 1322
SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Myler, Merr. 10; Rep. J. Schmidt, Hills. 28; Rep. Berch, Ches. 1; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the university system from prohibiting or using university system funds to discourage an employee from becoming a member of any group or organization, or from exercising his or her rights of association by joining a labor union.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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04/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 College and University System; Freedom of Association. Amend RSA 187-A:16-b to read as follows:
187-A:16-b Freedom of Association.
I. No institution within the university system of New Hampshire which accepts state funds shall prohibit, as a condition of admission or continued enrollment, any student from becoming a member of any group or organization, nor shall an institution take disciplinary action against a student based solely on the student's membership in a group or organization.
II. No institution within the university system of New Hampshire which accepts state funds shall prohibit, as a condition of employment or continued enrollment, any employee from becoming a member of any group or organization, including a labor union, nor shall an institution take disciplinary action against an employee based solely on the employee’s membership in a group or organization, including a labor union. No university system funds shall be spent for the purpose of discouraging employees from exercising their rights of association by joining or forming a labor union or opposing the formation of union bargaining units under RSA 273-A.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.