PRINTER'S NO. 2149
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1623
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KNOWLES, METCALFE, McGINNIS, RYAN, EVANKOVICH,
ROAE, SCHEMEL, GROVE, WARD, B. MILLER AND BLOOM,
JUNE 26, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 26, 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," in representation, further
providing for exclusive representation; and making related
repeals.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 603(a) and (d) and 606 of the act of
July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known as the Public Employe
Relations Act, are amended to read:
Section 603. (a) A public employe, a group of public
employes or an employe organization may notify the public
employer that thirty per cent or more of the public employes in
an appropriate unit desire to be [exclusively] represented for
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