AZ SB1230

Establishes a new Public Employee Bargaining Act (Article 7, Title 23, Chapter 8) creating a framework for collective bargaining rights for public employees in Arizona, including the right to form unions, engage in collective bargaining, and file grievances.

Creates the Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PERLB) consisting of three members appointed by the governor (one representing public employees, one representing public employers, and one jointly recommended) to administer and enforce collective bargaining provisions.

Authorizes public employees to collectively bargain on wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment; prohibits strikes and lockouts; and establishes mediation and arbitration procedures for resolving negotiation impasses.

Prohibits certain practices by public employers (interference with union activities, discrimination, refusal to bargain in good faith, lockouts) and by labor organizations (discrimination, failure to bargain in good faith, strikes, picketing of homes or businesses).

Sets the Public Employee Labor Relations Board to terminate on July 1, 2020, with the entire collective bargaining statute repealing on January 1, 2021, making this legislation temporary.