PRINTER'S NO. 1609
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
55
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KAUFFMAN, METCALFE, RAPP, F. KELLER, BLOOM,
KNOWLES, EVERETT, WARD, MACKENZIE, HICKERNELL, SCHEMEL,
McGINNIS, SAYLOR, IRVIN, GROVE, MENTZER, B. MILLER, LAWRENCE
AND ZIMMERMAN, MAY 1, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, MAY 1, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), entitled
"An act establishing rights in public employes to organize
and bargain collectively through selected representatives;
defining public employes to include employes of nonprofit
organizations and institutions; providing compulsory
mediation and fact-finding, for collective bargaining
impasses; providing arbitration for certain public employes
for collective bargaining impasses; defining the scope of
collective bargaining; establishing unfair employe and
employer practices; prohibiting strikes for certain public
employes; permitting strikes under limited conditions;
providing penalties for violations; and establishing
procedures for implementation," further providing for
definitions; in employee rights, further providing for lawful
acts; and making an editorial change.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 301(18), 401 and 705 of the act of July
23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known as the Public Employe
Relations Act, are amended to read:
Section 301. As used in this act:
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(18) "Maintenance of membership" means that all employes who
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