HF 672 (LSB 2160YH (6) 91)

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 employee collective bargaining and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 20.9, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  For negotiations regarding a bargaining unit with at least thirty percent of members who are public safety employees, the public employer and the employee organization shall meet at reasonable times, including meetings reasonably in advance of the public employer’s budget-making process, to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, vacations, insurance, holidays, leaves of absence, shift differentials, overtime compensation, supplemental pay, seniority, transfer procedures, job classifications, health and safety matters, evaluation procedures, procedures for staff reduction, in-service training, grievance procedures for resolving any questions arising under the agreement, and other matters mutually agreed upon. For negotiations regarding a bargaining unit that does not have at least thirty percent of members who are public safety employees, the public employer and the employee organization shall meet at reasonable times, including meetings reasonably in advance of the public employer’s budget-making process, to negotiate in good faith with respect to base wages and other matters mutually agreed upon. Such obligation to negotiate in good faith does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or make a concession. Mandatory subjects of negotiation specified in this subsection shall be interpreted narrowly and restrictively.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to collective bargaining procedures pursuant to chapter 20 initiated on or after the effective date of this Act.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill strikes language providing that mandatory subjects of negotiation in public employee collective bargaining shall be interpreted narrowly and restrictively.
   The bill applies to collective bargaining procedures pursuant to Code chapter 20 initiated on or after the effective date of the bill.