AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- LABOR RELATIONS ACT--NO LIMITATION ON HEALTHCARE BENEFIT PROVIDERS
Summary
Repeals the law that prevents a collective bargaining agreement covering state employees, public school teachers and municipal employees from specifying a particular healthcare provider in it.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 16, 2026
Last action May 29, 2026
Floor votes · Senate May 28, 2026
How they voted
27–7
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
May 28, 2026
D
Democratic32
84% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 29, 2026
Committee
05/29/2026 Referred to House Labor
lower
May 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
05/28/2026 Senate read and passed
upper
May 26, 2026
Legislature · Passed
05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage
legislature
May 13, 2026
Committee
05/13/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 16, 2026
Introduced
01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming
upper
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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