A bill for an act relating to mandatory subjects of negotiation for public employee collective bargaining and including applicability provisions.

House

File

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

672

BY

COOLING

,

WILBURN

,

JAMES

,

LEVIN

,

B.

MEYER

,

KONFRST

,

MATSON

,

KRESSIG

,

BAGNIEWSKI

,

MADISON

,

CROKEN

,

EHLERT

,

OLSON

,

R.

JOHNSON

,

AMOS

JR.

,

SRINIVAS

,

SCHOLTEN

,

WESSEL-KROESCHELL

,

and

NIELSEN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

mandatory

subjects

of

negotiation

for

public

1

employee

collective

bargaining

and

including

applicability

2

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

20.9,

subsection

1,

Code

2025,

is

amended

1

to

read

as

follows:

2

1.

For

negotiations

regarding

a

bargaining

unit

with

3

at

least

thirty

percent

of

members

who

are

public

safety

4

employees,

the

public

employer

and

the

employee

organization

5

shall

meet

at

reasonable

times,

including

meetings

reasonably

6

in

advance

of

the

public

employer’s

budget-making

process,

7

to

negotiate

in

good

faith

with

respect

to

wages,

hours,

8

vacations,

insurance,

holidays,

leaves

of

absence,

shift

9

differentials,

overtime

compensation,

supplemental

pay,

10

seniority,

transfer

procedures,

job

classifications,

health

11

and

safety

matters,

evaluation

procedures,

procedures

for

12

staff

reduction,

in-service

training,

grievance

procedures

13

for

resolving

any

questions

arising

under

the

agreement,

14

and

other

matters

mutually

agreed

upon.

For

negotiations

15

regarding

a

bargaining

unit

that

does

not

have

at

least

16

thirty

percent

of

members

who

are

public

safety

employees,

17

the

public

employer

and

the

employee

organization

shall

meet

18

at

reasonable

times,

including

meetings

reasonably

in

advance

19

of

the

public

employer’s

budget-making

process,

to

negotiate

20

in

good

faith

with

respect

to

base

wages

and

other

matters

21

mutually

agreed

upon.

Such

obligation

to

negotiate

in

good

22

faith

does

not

compel

either

party

to

agree

to

a

proposal

23

or

make

a

concession.

Mandatory

subjects

of

negotiation

24

specified

in

this

subsection

shall

be

interpreted

narrowly

and

25

restrictively.

26

Sec.

2.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

to

collective

27

bargaining

procedures

pursuant

to

chapter

20

initiated

on

or

28

after

the

effective

date

of

this

Act.

29

EXPLANATION

30

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

31

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

32

This

bill

strikes

language

providing

that

mandatory

subjects

33

of

negotiation

in

public

employee

collective

bargaining

shall

34

be

interpreted

narrowly

and

restrictively.

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The

bill

applies

to

collective

bargaining

procedures

1

pursuant

to

Code

chapter

20

initiated

on

or

after

the

effective

2

date

of

the

bill.

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