SB 1670 Summary

• Creates Arizona's Public Employee Bargaining Act (Title 38, Chapter 9) establishing a framework for public employees to engage in collective bargaining with public employers at state and local levels.

• Establishes the Public Employee Labor Relations Board with three members appointed by the governor to oversee elections, certifications, and disputes related to collective bargaining, with authority delegable to local boards.

• Authorizes public employees to form unions, select exclusive representatives through secret ballot elections, and collectively bargain over wages, hours, and working conditions; prohibits strikes and lockouts by employees and employers respectively.

• Requires good faith bargaining, mediation, and binding arbitration to resolve impasses; mandates grievance procedures in all collective bargaining agreements with final determinations subject to court review for arbitrariness or lack of substantial evidence.

• Sunsets the Public Employee Labor Relations Board on July 1, 2031, with Title 38, Chapter 9 repealed effective January 1, 2032.