PRINTER'S NO. 598
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
222
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, L. WILLIAMS, SCHWANK, BREWSTER, KEARNEY,
BLAKE, FONTANA, LEACH, MUTH, FARNESE, COLLETT, SANTARSIERO,
YUDICHAK, SABATINA, BOSCOLA, STREET, TARTAGLIONE,
A. WILLIAMS, HAYWOOD, DINNIMAN AND COSTA, APRIL 10, 2019
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, APRIL 10, 2019
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," in representation, providing
for bargaining representative; and providing for new employee
orientation and information.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known
as the Public Employe Relations Act, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 608. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
this article, when an employe, group of employes or any employe
organization acting on their behalf files a petition alleging
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