Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

SB 46

arbitration and fair-share agreements during collective bargaining negotiations under the Municipal Employment Relations Act.

Introduced, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under the Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA), during contract

negotiations (contract hiatus) an employer must maintain the status quo with

respect to wages, hours, and conditions of employment (mandatory subjects of

bargaining). Any unilateral change in a mandatory subject of bargaining during a

contract hiatus breaches the employer's duty to bargain collectively. The

maintenance of the status quo during a contract hiatus does not extend to the

obligation to arbitrate grievances or to honor fair-share agreements.

This bill makes it a prohibited practice under MERA for an employer or an

employee to end any grievance arbitration agreement during a contract hiatus and

for an employer to end any fair-share agreement during a contract hiatus.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 19, 2009 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 52, Noes 47

Passed 52–47 Apr 28, 2009 official source full page