AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ARBITRATION
Summary
Recognizes that municipal employees have the opportunity to utilize binding arbitration and establishes new factors for the arbitrators to consider. These factors include comparisons of wages/hourly conditions of employment in similarly skilled jobs.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2026
Last action Apr 17, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Apr 16, 2026
How they voted
26–3
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 36
Apr 16, 2026
D
Democratic32
81% Yea
R
Republican4
75% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Apr 17, 2026
Committee
04/17/2026 Referred to House Labor
lower
Apr 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
04/16/2026 Senate read and passed
upper
Apr 8, 2026
Legislature · Passed
04/08/2026 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Jan 30, 2026
Introduced
01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming
upper
9 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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