SB 1348 Summary

• Prohibits public employers from entering into employment bargains that compensate public employees or third parties for union activities, declaring such agreements void and against public policy.

• Exempts law enforcement officers from the ban on compensated union activities under existing title 38 procedures, except they cannot be compensated for union recruitment or convention participation.

• Allows public employees to continue receiving compensated leave time for personal purposes and does not apply to existing contracts in effect before the law's effective date.

• Grants the attorney general enforcement authority and allows any taxpayer in an affected jurisdiction to bring legal action against state or local agencies for violations.

• Establishes that regulation of public sector union employment bargains is a statewide matter and preempts conflicting local ordinances and regulations by counties, cities, towns, or other political subdivisions.