Virginia Senate Bill 374 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-14 - Left in Finance and Appropriations
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Collective bargaining by public employees; labor organization representation. Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by public employees. The bill creates the Public Employee Relations Board, which shall determine appropriate bargaining units and provide for certification and decertification elections for exclusive bargaining representatives of state employees and local government employees. The bill requires public employers and employee organizations that are exclusive bargaining representatives to meet at reasonable times to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. The bill repeals a provision that declares that, in any procedure providing for the designation, selection, or authorization of a labor organization to represent employees, the right of an individual employee to vote by secret ballot is a fundamental right that shall be guaranteed from infringement. Collective bargaining by public employees; labor organization representation. Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by public employees. The bill creates the Public Employee Relations Board, which shall determine appropriate bargaining units and provide for certification and decertification elections for exclusive bargaining representatives of state employees and local government employees. The bill requires public employers and employee organizations that are exclusive bargaining representatives to meet at reasonable times to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. The bill repeals a provision that declares that, in any procedure providing for the designation, selection, or authorization of a labor organization to represent employees, the right of an individual employee to vote by secret ballot is a fundamental right that shall be guaranteed from infringement.

Collective bargaining by public employees; labor organization representation.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]	Sen. Saddam Salim [D]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]
Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]

2024-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-14	Senate	Left in Finance and Appropriations
2024-01-29	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2024-01-29	Senate	Committee substitute printed 24106388D-S1
2024-01-29	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
2024-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2024-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105023D

HB1001 (Similar To) 2024-02-13 - Left in Appropriations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	54.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	55	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	57.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	57.23	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	57.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	57.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB374
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB374+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB374S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106388D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24107162D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB374FS1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S02V0035+SB0374