PRINTER'S NO. 1364
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1178
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY MADDEN, MEHAFFIE, DELLOSO, BARRAR, BIZZARRO,
BOYLE, BRIGGS, BURGOS, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, CEPHAS, CIRESI,
COMITTA, DALEY, A. DAVIS, T. DAVIS, DAWKINS, DEASY, DERMODY,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FIEDLER, FITZGERALD, FLYNN, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, GAINEY, GOODMAN, HANBIDGE, HARKINS, HARRIS, HILL-
EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, INNAMORATO, ISAACSON, KENYATTA, KIM,
KINSEY, KORTZ, KOSIEROWSKI, KULIK, LONGIETTI, MALAGARI,
MARKOSEK, McCARTER, McCLINTON, McNEILL, MERSKI, D. MILLER,
MULLERY, MULLINS, NEILSON, O'MARA, OTTEN, PASHINSKI, RABB,
RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, ROZZI, SAINATO, SANCHEZ, SAPPEY,
SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER, SIMS, SNYDER, ULLMAN, VITALI, WARREN,
WILLIAMS, YOUNGBLOOD, ZABEL, SAMUELSON AND KRUEGER,
APRIL 10, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON 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
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