Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session
Relating to: prohibiting public safety bargaining units that represent law enforcement officers from bargaining reversal of firing by police chiefs.
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a collective bargaining unit that represents public safety
employees (law enforcement officers) may generally bargain wages, hours, and
conditions of employment. This bill prohibits public safety bargaining units that
represent law enforcement officers from bargaining the reversal of a decision by a
police chief to fire a law enforcement officer. The bill does not prohibit a fire and
police commission or police and fire commission from rehiring a law enforcement
officer who was fired.
Sponsors
Full history
- Jul 12, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Bowen, Moore Omokunde, Hong, Anderson, Baldeh, Billings, Brostoff, Conley, Emerson, Hebl, Neubauer and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor and Roys
- Jul 12, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Integrated Employment
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1