SF 432: Designating peace officers employed by regents institutions as public safety employees for purposes of public employee collective bargaining and including applicability provisions

What it does

This bill designates peace officers employed by regents institutions 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 28, 2023

• Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Adrian Dickey (R) · adrian.dickey@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Molly Donahue (D) · molly.donahue@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Fraternal Order of Police; Iowa Police Chief Association (FKA Iowa Police Executive Forum); Iowa State Police Association

In plain words

1. February 27, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
2. February 28, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Schultz, Dickey and Donahue