Bill Text: NH HB241 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to the opportunity of school district employees representing the collective bargaining unit to meet with the public employer as part of collective bargaining negotiations.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/16/2023 House Journal 9 P. 21 [HB241 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2023-HB241-Introduced.html

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HB 241  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0455

05/04

 

HOUSE BILL 241

 

AN ACT relative to the opportunity of school district employees representing the collective bargaining unit to meet with the public employer as part of collective bargaining negotiations.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Sheehan, Hills. 43; Rep. Post, Hills. 42; Rep. Ammon, Hills. 42; Rep. B. King, Hills. 43; Rep. Boehm, Hills. 14; Rep. Pauer, Hills. 36; Rep. Petrigno, Hills. 43

 

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill defines reasonable opportunity for school district employees who represent the bargaining unit to meet with their employer as part of the collective bargaining process.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0455

05/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to the opportunity of school district employees representing the collective bargaining unit to meet with the public employer as part of collective bargaining negotiations.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Public Employee Labor Relations; Rights Accompanying Certification; Reasonable Opportunity to Meet Required; School District Employees.  Amend RSA 273-A:11, II to read as follows:

II.  A reasonable number of employees who act as representatives of the bargaining unit shall be given a reasonable opportunity to meet with the employer or [his] the employer's representatives during working hours without loss of compensation or benefits.  If the public employer is a school district, "reasonable opportunity" means before 9:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m. on days the employees are scheduled to work, without impact to instructional time, and unless otherwise negotiated.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.