HF1691 Summary

• Expands collective bargaining rights for public employees by requiring employers to provide bargaining unit member contact information to exclusive representatives within 10 days of hire and every 120 days thereafter.

• Grants exclusive representatives access to meet with newly hired employees for 30 minutes within 30 days of hire, use employer email to communicate with members, and meet in government facilities for union business.

• Introduces majority verification procedure allowing employee organizations to be certified as exclusive representatives based on signed authorization cards (over 50%) rather than requiring an election.

• Modifies teacher classifications and probationary periods, reducing required teaching service days from 120 to 90 days per year and clarifying which educators qualify as "teachers" under labor law.

• Establishes protections for state employees' salaries and benefits during government shutdowns, requiring payment for lost wages when appropriations lapse on July 1 of odd-numbered years.