HB 438 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0686
06/01
HOUSE BILL 438
AN ACT eliminating the automatic union dues payment for state employees.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hinch, Hills. 21; Rep. Kurk, Hills. 2; Rep. Packard, Rock. 5; Rep. Chandler, Carr. 1; Rep. Ohm, Hills. 36
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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This bill prohibits a public employer from withholding union dues from a public employee's wages.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0686
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT eliminating the automatic union dues payment for state employees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Withholding of Wages; Union Dues. Amend RSA 275:48, I(b)(1) to read as follows:
(1) Union dues, except that no public employer shall withhold union dues from a public employee's wages;
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2017 | House | Hearing |
| March 1, 2017 | House | Exec Session |
| Oct. 31, 2017 | House | Exec Session |
| Jan. 3, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
| Jan. 9, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| Feb. 15, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
Feb. 15, 2018: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/15/2018 HJ 4 P. 17
: Special Order to 2/15/2018 Without Objection HJ 3 P. 81
: Special Order to next session day Without Objection HJ 2 P. 47
: Special Order to 1/9/2018 Without Objection HJ 1 P. 104
Jan. 3, 2018: Removed from Consent (Rep. Hoell) 01/03/2018 HJ 1 P. 26
Jan. 3, 2018: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 01/03/2018 (Vote 19-0; CC)
Oct. 31, 2017: Executive Session: 10/31/2017 10:00 AM LOB 307
: Retained in Committee
March 1, 2017: Executive Session: 03/01/2017 LOB 307
March 1, 2017: Public Hearing: 03/01/2017 10:00 AM LOB 305-307
Jan. 5, 2017: Introduced 01/05/2017 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 3 P. 13