HB2622 Summary

• Requires collective bargaining agreements between public employers and employee representatives to be published on the employer's website and subject to a public meeting at least 14 days before ratification.

• Mandates that no collective bargaining agreement becomes binding until ratified by a majority vote of the employer's governing body, with that vote occurring after the required public meeting.

• Requires public contracts for individual employees exceeding $150,000 in total compensation to be published on the employer's website for 14 days and subject to a public meeting if board approval is required.

• Amends the Open Meetings Act to make meetings required under the collective bargaining provisions open to the public, while maintaining confidentiality exemptions for negotiation strategy sessions.

• Amends the Freedom of Information Act to require disclosure of final collective bargaining agreements and agreements subject to required public meetings, while protecting preliminary negotiation documents.