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Senate committee advances collective bargaining bill after heated debate over including law enforcement
Summary
The committee adopted a substitute for SB 917 and reported the measure to the floor after extended debate about whether law enforcement (including state police) should be included among bargaining units.
The Senate committee on Feb. 14 adopted a committee substitute and reported SB 917, a measure to expand collective bargaining rights for public employees, after an extended floor-level debate over whether law enforcement personnel should be included.
The bill and the substitute matter because they define which public employees may bargain collectively and how the state will phase in related processes; supporters said the substitute delays implementation to the next biennium and preserves law enforcement as a bargaining unit in the reported…
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