PRINTER'S NO. 494
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
506
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY ROTHMAN, MACKENZIE, KNOWLES, KAUFFMAN, GLEIM,
ZIMMERMAN AND DELOZIER, FEBRUARY 12, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 12, 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 employee rights, providing
for conditions of a collective bargaining agreement; and, in
scope of bargaining, further providing for maintenance of
membership.
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 402. No collective bargaining agreement entered into
on or after January 1, 2020, shall establish conditions for when
a public employe may join or resign from an employe organization
acting as the exclusive representative of a unit.
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Section 2. Section 705 of the act is amended to read:
Section 705. Membership dues deductions and maintenance of
membership are proper subjects of bargaining with the proviso
that as to the latter, the payment of dues and assessments while
members, may be the only requisite employment condition[.];
provided that on and after January 1, 2020, maintenance of
membership shall not be a proper subject of bargaining and no
collective bargaining agreement entered into on or after January
1, 2020, may contain such a provision.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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