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AZ SB1684

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Lauren Kuby

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Establishes the Public Employee Bargaining Act creating a Public Employee Labor Relations Board to oversee collective bargaining between public employers and employee labor organizations in Arizona.

  • Grants public employees the right to form labor organizations, engage in collective bargaining on wages, hours, and working conditions, and be represented by exclusive representatives certified by the board.

  • Prohibits strikes by public employees and lockouts by public employers, with labor organizations engaged in strikes subject to decertification for up to one year.

  • Requires good faith bargaining between public employers and exclusive representatives, with mandatory mediation and arbitration procedures to resolve negotiation impasses.

  • Creates a sunset provision repealing the Public Employee Bargaining Act and the labor relations board on January 1, 2034.

Legislative Description

Public employees; collective bargaining

Prohibition

Last Action

Senate read second time

2/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules2/10/2025
Government Institutions2/10/2025

Full Bill Text

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