S 1970 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019

Introduced Jun 25, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Mazie K. Hirono D-HI

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Latest action · Jun 25, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 25, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019

This bill prohibits strikes by certain individuals and requires the issuance of rules that provide for federal minimum standard collective bargaining rights and procedures.

The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) shall determine for each state whether the laws of such state substantially provide for each of the minimum standard collective bargaining rights and procedures specified by this bill, including the right of public employees and supervisory employees to self-organize, form or join a labor organization, or collectively bargain.

The FLRA must issue rules and take actions to establish and administer bargaining rights and procedures for those states that do not substantially provide for them.

No employers, emergency services employees, or law enforcement officers may engage in a lockout, strike, or any other organized job action that would probably result in a measurable disruption of the delivery of emergency or public safety services. Furthermore, no labor organization may be the cause of a violation of such prohibition.

Cosponsors 40

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2019 to Jun 24, 2020; 35 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJun 25, 2019
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-HIBrian SchatzOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-NVCatherine Cortez MastoOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-RIJack ReedOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-NVJacky RosenOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-CAKamala D. HarrisOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-NHMargaret Wood HassanOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalJun 25, 2019
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-MNTina SmithOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-NMTom UdallOriginalJun 25, 2019
D-MTJon TesterSep 17, 2019
D-NMMartin HeinrichOct 29, 2019
D-CADianne FeinsteinDec 2, 2019
D-CTChristopher MurphyFeb 10, 2020
D-COMichael F. BennetJun 24, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Referred Jun 25, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 25, 2019Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 25, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S4617Mazie K. Hirono D-HI, Sherrod Brown D-OHJun 27, 2019

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3463Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019Related billJun 25, 2019

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill 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 Title(s) as Introduced
Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 25, 2019Introduced in Senate

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