CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1127

Chapter 222, Laws of 2011

62nd Legislature
2011 Regular Session



CERTIFIED EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/11

Passed by the House April 15, 2011
  Yeas 93   Nays 2

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 12, 2011
  Yeas 47   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1127 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 3, 2011, 2:10 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 4, 2011







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1127
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2011 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2011 Regular Session

By House Labor & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Moeller and Sells)

READ FIRST TIME 02/07/11.   



     AN ACT Relating to certified exclusive bargaining representatives; and amending RCW 41.56.050 and 41.56.140.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 41.56.050 and 1975 1st ex.s. c 296 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) In the event that a public employer and public employees are in disagreement as to the selection of a bargaining representative, the commission shall be invited to intervene as is provided in RCW 41.56.060 through 41.56.090.
     (2) In the event that a public employer and a bargaining representative are in disagreement as to the merger of two or more bargaining units in the employer's workforce that are represented by the same bargaining representative, the commission shall be invited to intervene as is provided in RCW 41.56.060 through 41.56.090.

Sec. 2   RCW 41.56.140 and 1969 ex.s. c 215 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     It shall be an unfair labor practice for a public employer:
     (1) To interfere with, restrain, or coerce public employees in the exercise of their rights guaranteed by this chapter;
     (2) To control, dominate, or interfere with a bargaining representative;
     (3) To discriminate against a public employee who has filed an unfair labor practice charge;
     (4) To refuse to engage in collective bargaining with the certified exclusive bargaining representative.


         Passed by the House April 15, 2011.
         Passed by the Senate April 12, 2011.
         Approved by the Governor May 3, 2011.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 4, 2011.