Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018
Latest action · Jun 27, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 27, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018
This bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to make a determination as to whether a state substantially provides for certain rights and responsibilities applicable to public employees, such as granting such employees the right to form or join a labor organization and to bargain collectively, and if the state does not substantially provide for such rights and responsibilities, then such state shall be subject to nationwide standards prescribed by the FLRA to protect public employee rights.
No employer, emergency services employee, or law enforcement officer may engage in a lockout, strike, or any other organized job action of which a reasonably probable result is a measurable disruption of the delivery of emergency or public safety services. No labor organization may violate or attempt to violate this prohibition.
Cosponsors 47
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 27, 2018 to Sep 26, 2018; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Jun 27, 2018 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jun 28, 2018 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Jun 28, 2018 | |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Jun 28, 2018 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Jun 28, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Jun 28, 2018 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Jun 28, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Jun 28, 2018 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 28, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jul 26, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Aug 3, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Sep 26, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Sep 26, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 27, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2018Introduced in House
- Jun 27, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5823 | James P. McGovern D-MA | Jun 28, 2018 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 108, June 27, 2018, page H5816.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2845 | Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act | Related bill | May 15, 2018 |
| S 3151 | Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jun 27, 2018 |
| HR 4846 | Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act | Related bill | Apr 5, 2018 |
| HR 6445 | Public Employee Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jul 19, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To secure the rights of public employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain collectively, which safeguard the public interest and promote the free and unobstructed flow of commerce, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Federal Labor Relations Authority
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Judicial review and appeals
- Labor and Employment
- Labor-management relations
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
