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Committee advances bill requiring private-ballot protections for companies seeking taxpayer incentives
Summary
The Senate Finance Committee voted by voice to pass SB2202, which conditions eligibility for taxpayer incentives on companies protecting employees’ right to a private ballot vote on unionization; the measure was previously passed and held on a motion and did not reach the governor last session.
The Senate Finance Committee approved SB2202, a bill that would require companies seeking taxpayer incentives to protect employees’ right to a private ballot vote on unionization.
The Chair introduced the measure as a bill the Legislature passed in the previous session but which did not go to the governor because it was held on a motion. "It just says that if a company comes in for incentives from the state or locality, companies must protect the employees' right to a private ballot vote over unionization of the workplace," the Chair said when explaining the bill.
The Chair referenced the National Labor Relations Act's two recognized paths for union recognition—private ballot or card check—and said the state may choose to require private ballot protections as a condition for incentives. After brief questions from committee members, the panel voted on the title and then approved the bill by voice vote; the transcript records the Chair saying, "The ayes have it." No recorded roll-call tally appears in the transcript.
Next steps: committee passage moves SB2202 to the next stage in the Senate process. The committee did not record a roll-call vote in the transcript and no amendments were discussed during the committee consideration.
