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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 61

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Relating to: prohibiting as a condition of employment membership in a labor organization or payments to a labor organization and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals Employment Employment relations, office of state Extraordinary session, 2015 — February Labor union

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates a state right to work law. This bill generally prohibits a person

from requiring, as a condition of obtaining or continuing employment, an individual

to refrain or resign from membership in a labor organization, to become or remain

a member of a labor organization, to pay dues or other charges to a labor

organization, or to pay any other person an amount that is in place of dues or charges

required of members of a labor organization. Any person who violates this

prohibition is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

Sponsors

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Mar 5, 2015 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Feb 23, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Committee on Assembly Organization

  2. Feb 23, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor

  3. Feb 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sinicki, Mason and Ohnstad

  4. Feb 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Sinicki, Mason and Ohnstad

  5. Mar 2, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Mar 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Mason, Sinicki and Ohnstad

  7. Mar 4, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 4 offered by Representative Mason

  8. Mar 4, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 5 offered by Representatives Mason, Sinicki and Ohnstad

  9. Mar 4, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Mar 5, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to calendar of 3-5-2015 pursuant to Assembly Rule 93

  11. Mar 5, 2015 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  12. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1