SF 225: Designating individuals who perform work on electric utility lines as public safety employees for purposes of public employee collective bargaining and including applicability provisions

What it does

This bill designates individuals employed for the purpose of performing installation, maintenance, or other work on electric utility lines 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. The bill applies to collective bargaining procedures pursuant to Code chapter initiated on or after the effective date of the bill.

Senate subcommittee · named February 8, 2023

• Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Nate Boulton (D)
• Sen. Charlie McClintock (R) · charlie.mcclintock@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: IBEW Iowa State Conference; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

In plain words

1. February 7, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
2. February 8, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Boulton and McClintock