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SB 18-175: Prohibit Paid Union Activity By Public Employees

The bill prohibits a public employer from entering into an employment bargain with a public employee or union to compensate a public employee or a third party for union activities or to pay the expenses of an employee or third party's participation in union activities. The prohibition applies to any employment bargain that is currently in existence or that is entered into in the future and that includes compensation to public employees or third parties for union activities or that includes payment of expenses for union activities. The bill specifies that a home rule municipality is not a public employer for purposes of the bill. The bill requires the attorney general to enforce the prohibition of an employment bargain that compensates a public employee for union activities or pays the costs of participation in union activities. Any taxpayer of the jurisdiction in which a violation of the prohibition occurs has standing in any court to bring a special action against a public employer that violates the prohibition. The bill specifies that the regulation of employment bargains is a matter of statewide concern and is not subject to further inconsistent regulation by any public employer. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)  

CEA opposed this bill because we believe that advocating for one's rights in the workplace is the right of every American, regardless of the socioeconomic status. CEA stands by allowing all workers to have the opportunity to advocate for themselves and to not lose pay when doing so. 

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CEA Opposed

House Status: Postpone Indefinitely
Senate Status: Pass
Final Status: Fail

Legend:Pro-Education VoteAnti-Education VoteExcused (did not vote)
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House Votes:

RepresentativeParty - DistrictVOTE
Benavidez, AdrienneDemocrat - 32Pro-Education Vote
Hooton, EdieDemocrat - 10Pro-Education Vote
Humphrey, StephenRepublican - 48Anti-Education Vote
Lontine, SusanDemocrat - 1Pro-Education Vote
Melton, JovanDemocrat - 41Pro-Education Vote
Sias, LangRepublican - 27Anti-Education Vote
Weissman, MikeDemocrat - 36Pro-Education Vote
Williams, DaveRepublican - 15Anti-Education Vote

Senate Votes:

SenatorParty - DistrictVOTE
Aguilar, IreneD - District 32Pro-Education Vote
Baumgardner, RandyR - District 8Anti-Education Vote
Cooke, JohnR - District 13Anti-Education Vote
Coram, DonR - District 6Anti-Education Vote
Court, LoisD - District 31Pro-Education Vote
Crowder, LarryR - District 35Anti-Education Vote
Donovan, KerryD - District 5Pro-Education Vote
Fenberg, StephenD - District 18Pro-Education Vote
Fields, RhondaD - District 29Pro-Education Vote
Garcia, LeroyD - District 3Pro-Education Vote
Gardner, BobR - District 12Anti-Education Vote
Grantham, KevinR - District 2Anti-Education Vote
Guzman, LuciaD - District 34Pro-Education Vote
Hill, OwenR - District 10Anti-Education Vote
Holbert, ChrisR - District 30Anti-Education Vote
Jahn, CheriU - District 20Pro-Education Vote
Jones, MattD - District 17Pro-Education Vote
Kagan, DanielD - District 26Pro-Education Vote
Kefalas, JohnD - District 14Pro-Education Vote
Kerr, AndyD - District 22Pro-Education Vote
Lambert, KentR - District 9Anti-Education Vote
Lundberg, KevinR - District 15Anti-Education Vote
Marble, VickiR - District 23Anti-Education Vote
Martinez Humenik, BethR - District 24Anti-Education Vote
Merrifield, MichaelD - District 11Pro-Education Vote
Moreno, DominickD - District 21Pro-Education Vote
Neville, TimR - District 16Anti-Education Vote
Priola, KevinR - District 25Anti-Education Vote
Scott, RayR - District 7Anti-Education Vote
Smallwood, JimR - District 4Anti-Education Vote
Sonnenberg, JerryR - District 1Anti-Education Vote
Tate, JackR - District 27Anti-Education Vote
Todd, NancyD - District 28Pro-Education Vote
Williams, AngelaD - District 33Pro-Education Vote
Zenzinger, RachelD - District 19Pro-Education Vote