Collective Bargaining - Public Employees - Revocation of Certification and School and Library Employees' Right to Strike

Summary

The measure would let certificated and non‑certificated public‑school staff and public‑library workers legally strike, and would bar school or library employers from replacing, disciplining, or lock‑outing those employees for strike participation. It also changes the Public Employee Relations Board’s power to deny or revoke a union’s exclusive‑representative status, and sets out mediation, arbitration and collective‑bargaining procedures. The bill failed to pass after a House hearing on March 11, 2026.

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Hearings

• Government, Labor, and Elections — Bill Hearing
  Government, Labor, and Elections · Mar 11, 2026

History

1. Mar 11, 2026Hearing canceled
2. Mar 11, 2026Hearing 3/11 at 1:35 p.m.
3. Feb 19, 2026Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
4. Feb 13, 2026First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections

Sponsors

• Ebersole · sponsor
• Acevero
• Allen
• Behler
• Bhandari
• Boafo
• Conaway
• D. Jones
• Fair
• Foley
• Lehman
• McCaskill
• Patterson
• Ruff
• Ruth
• Simpson
• Stein
• Stinnett
• Terrasa
• Vogel
• Wells
• White Holland
• Young

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