Relating to public employee collective bargaining concerning the designation of public safety officers and providing for retention and recertification elections

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 3, 2022
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2022
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill concerns public employee bargaining.3 is amended to designate correctional officers employed by the Iowa department of corrections, jailers employed by a county, and employees of a judicial district department of correctional services at a residential facility operated by the district department as public safety employees for the purposes of collective bargaining pursuant to Code chapter 20, the public employment relations Act. Code chapter and Code chapter 400 include collective bargaining procedures specifically applicable to public safety employees that are not applicable to other public employees, including procedures relating to the scope of collective bargaining negotiations, arbitration procedures, and certain matters relating to city civil service employment.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named February 10, 2022. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Jason Schultz REmail
• Sen. Dawn Driscoll REmail
• Sen. T. Taylor

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§20.15§20.3

How the Code works²