Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the state employer and bargaining units 9 and 12 to reopen negotiations if funds are not specifically appropriated by the legislature and approves the agreement entered into by the state employer and state bargaining units 9 and 12.

Highlights:

• Authorizes provisions of the collective bargaining agreement entered into by the state employer and State Bargaining Units 9 and 12, and specifies that provisions which require the expenditure of funds only take effect if the funds are appropriated by the Legislature (Sec. 2).

• Authorizes the state employer or State Bargaining Unit 9 or 12 to reopen negotiations if funds for those provisions are not appropriated by the Legislature (Sec. 3).

• Expands continuous appropriations provisions in the case that the state budget is not enacted by the start of the fiscal year to include the memorandum of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 9, in addition to Unit 12 (Sec. 5-7).

• Extends the effective date of the previous paragraph to include fiscal year 2027-2028 for both State Bargaining Units 9 and 12 (Sec. 5-7).

• Requires state employees in Bargaining Unit 9 or 12 to participate in the Personal Leave Program 2025, ending June 30, 2027, under which the employee would receive a 3% reduction in pay in exchange for 5 hours of leave credits on the first day of each monthly pay period (Sec. 8).

• Repeals requirements under the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act for employees to contribute to postemployment benefits for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 fiscal years, and reinstates the requirement for certain amounts of contribution starting with fiscal year 2027-2028 (Sec. 9).

• Reduces the amount of specific budget appropriations based on agreements reached between the state employer and State Bargaining Units 9 and 12 by $88,773,000 (Sec. 10).

• Specifies that the provisions of the memoranda of understanding, if entered into by June 30, 2025, which require the expenditure of funds, are ratified if they include savings measures that meet reduction targets (Sec. 11).

• Specifies that this Act takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 13).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the state employer and bargaining units 9 and 12 to reopen negotiations if funds are not specifically appropriated by the legislature and approves the agreement entered into by the state employer and state bargaining units 9 and 12.

Highlights:

• Authorizes provisions of the collective bargaining agreement entered into by the state employer and State Bargaining Units 9 and 12, and specifies that provisions which require the expenditure of funds only take effect if the funds are appropriated by the Legislature (Sec. 2).

• Authorizes the state employer or State Bargaining Unit 9 or 12 to reopen negotiations if funds for those provisions are not appropriated by the Legislature (Sec. 3).

• Expands continuous appropriations provisions in the case that the state budget is not enacted by the start of the fiscal year to include the memorandum of understanding for State Bargaining Unit 9, in addition to Unit 12 (Sec. 5-7).

• Extends the effective date of the previous paragraph to include fiscal year 2027-2028 for both State Bargaining Units 9 and 12 (Sec. 5-7).

• Requires state employees in Bargaining Unit 9 or 12 to participate in the Personal Leave Program 2025, ending June 30, 2027, under which the employee would receive a 3% reduction in pay in exchange for 5 hours of leave credits on the first day of each monthly pay period (Sec. 8).

• Repeals requirements under the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act for employees to contribute to postemployment benefits for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 fiscal years, and reinstates the requirement for certain amounts of contribution starting with fiscal year 2027-2028 (Sec. 9).

• Reduces the amount of specific budget appropriations based on agreements reached between the state employer and State Bargaining Units 9 and 12 by $88,773,000 (Sec. 10).

• Specifies that the provisions of the memoranda of understanding, if entered into by June 30, 2025, which require the expenditure of funds, are ratified if they include savings measures that meet reduction targets (Sec. 11).

• Specifies that this Act takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 13).

Full Bill Text