Senate File 217 - Introduced SENATE FILE 217 BY FEENSTRA A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting public employers from deducting membership 1 dues for employment organizations from wages or salaries 2 of public employees receiving health care benefits and 3 prohibiting state employees from electing or renewing such 4 deductions and including applicability provisions. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 1852SS (3) 84 je/rj

S.F. 217 Section 1. Section 20.9, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2011, 1 is amended to read as follows: 2 The public employer and the employee organization shall meet 3 at reasonable times, including meetings reasonably in advance 4 of the public employer’s budget-making process, to negotiate in 5 good faith with respect to wages, hours, vacations, insurance, 6 holidays, leaves of absence, shift differentials, overtime 7 compensation, supplemental pay, seniority, transfer procedures, 8 job classifications, health and safety matters, evaluation 9 procedures, procedures for staff reduction, in-service training 10 and other matters mutually agreed upon. Negotiations shall 11 also include terms authorizing dues checkoff for members of the 12 employee organization , other than members receiving health care 13 benefits from the public employer, and grievance procedures 14 for resolving any questions arising under the agreement, 15 which shall be embodied in a written agreement and signed by 16 the parties. If an agreement provides for dues checkoff, a 17 member’s dues may be checked off only upon the member’s written 18 request and the member may terminate the dues checkoff at any 19 time by giving thirty days’ written notice. Such obligation to 20 negotiate in good faith does not compel either party to agree 21 to a proposal or make a concession. 22 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 20.32 Payroll deduction for dues of 23 members receiving health care benefits prohibited. 24 A public employer shall not deduct from a public employee’s 25 wages or salary membership dues for any employee organization 26 if the public employee receives health care benefits from the 27 public employer. 28 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 70A.19A Payroll deduction for dues of 29 union members receiving health care benefits prohibited. 30 A state employee who is a member of an employee organization 31 and who receives health care benefits from the state employee’s 32 employer shall not elect or renew a payroll deduction for 33 membership dues for an employee organization. 34 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY. The sections of this Act amending 35 -1- LSB 1852SS (3) 84 je/rj 1/ 2

S.F. 217 section 20.9 and enacting section 20.32 apply to collective 1 bargaining agreements entered into on or after the effective 2 date of this Act. 3 EXPLANATION 4 This bill prohibits a public employer from deducting 5 membership dues for any employee organization from a public 6 employee’s wages or salaries if the public employee receives 7 health care benefits from the public employer. The bill 8 excludes such deductions from the scope of negotiations for a 9 public employee collective bargaining agreement. 10 The bill prohibits a state employee who is member of an 11 employee organization and who receives health care benefits 12 from the employee’s employer from electing or renewing 13 a payroll deduction for membership dues for an employee 14 organization. 15 The provisions of the bill amending Code chapter 20 apply to 16 collective bargaining agreements entered into on or after the 17 effective date of the bill. 18 -2- LSB 1852SS (3) 84 je/rj 2/ 2