Public employees; labor union dues deduction authorization.
Summary
Public employees; labor union dues deductionauthorization. Requires consent by public employees authorizedto engage in collective bargaining before union or employee associationdues are deducted from the employees' pay directly by their employers.The bill allows public employees to stop paying union or employee association dues at any time and gives public employees an annual opportunity to reconfirm that they want to continue union or employeeassociation membership and pay such dues. The bill provides thatif an employee does not reconfirm then the dues deduction must cease.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2022
Last action Jan 31, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Jan 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N)
upper
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 21, 2022
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 22103835D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Obenshain
RRepublican
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