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CS/SB 78: Dues and Uniform Assessments

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary ; Rodrigues

Dues and Uniform Assessments; Requiring that a public employee who desires to join an employee organization sign a membership authorization form; requiring an employee organization to revoke an employee’s membership upon receipt of the employee’s request for revocation; providing that certain deductions commence upon the employer’s receipt and confirmation of the employee’s signed deduction authorization form; specifying the time period that an employee’s authorization to deduct dues and uniform assessments remains in effect, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
 Last Action: 4/30/2021 Senate - Died in Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/12/2021 Senate • Filed
    1/14/2021 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 42
    1/15/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/27/21, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building
    1/27/2021 Senate • Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 4 NAYS 2 -SJ 177
    • Now in Judiciary
    2/1/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/01/21, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
    2/3/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/10/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    2/8/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/18/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Not Received
    2/10/2021 Senate • CS by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 4 -SJ 179
    2/11/2021 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    2/18/2021 Senate • Now in Rules
    3/2/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 42
    • CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 164
    3/4/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/04/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered
    4/6/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/06/21, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
    4/14/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/14/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
    4/30/2021 Senate • Died in Rules

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  • CS/SB 78, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/11/2021 at 8:28 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Pre-Meeting) 3/2/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 947 Dues and Uniform Assessments Plakon Identical Last Action: 4/15/2021 H Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a), refer to CS for CS/CS/HB 835 & HB 947 Track This Bill
    H 835 (c3) Employee Organizations Byrd Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 H Died on Second Reading Calendar Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (6)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    538638 - Amendment
    Delete lines 57 - 103.     		Rules
    (Thurston)     		3/2/2021
    6:13 PM     		Withdrawn
    4/6/2021     		Web Page
    PDF
    417610 - Amendment
    Delete lines 57 - 90 and insert:     		Rules
    (Rodrigues)     		4/5/2021
    7:33 AM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 841216 - Amendment to Amendment (417610)
    Delete lines 5 - 29 and insert:     		Rules
    (Rodrigues)     		4/5/2021
    2:57 PM     		Withdrawn
    4/5/2021     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 520890 - Amendment to Amendment (417610)
    Delete lines 5 - 29 and insert:     		Rules
    (Rodrigues)     		4/5/2021
    5:26 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 177924 - Amendment to Amendment (417610)
    Delete lines 5 - 29 and insert:     		Rules
    (Thurston)     		4/12/2021
    3:46 PM     		Withdrawn
    4/12/2021     		Web Page
    PDF
    717212 - Amendment
    Delete lines 57 - 103.     		Rules
    (Thurston)     		4/5/2021
    9:00 AM     		Web Page
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    110.114 Employee wage deductions. Page 4 (pdf)
    447.301 Public employees’ rights; organization and representation. Page 1 (pdf)
    447.303 Dues; deduction and collection. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 78, Original Filed Version Posted 1/12/2021 at 3:23 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 1/26/2021 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 1/27/2021 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 1/29/2021 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 2/10/2021 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    131790 - Amendment
    Delete line 69 and insert:     		Judiciary
    (Rodrigues)     		1/29/2021
    2:09 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/10/2021     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    1/27/2021 9:00 AM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 4 Yeas - 2 Nays
    2/10/2021 9:00 AM Judiciary 6 Yeas - 4 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    110.114 Employee wage deductions. Page 4 (pdf)
    447.301 Public employees’ rights; organization and representation. Page 1 (pdf)
    447.303 Dues; deduction and collection. Page 3 (pdf)

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