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

20-2313

04/06

 

HOUSE BILL 1322

 

AN ACT prohibiting university system funds from being spent to oppose the formation of unions and collective bargaining units.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2313

04/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT prohibiting university system funds from being spent to oppose the formation of unions and collective bargaining units.

 

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.

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