Bill Text: NH SB420 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relative to collective bargaining under the right-to-know law.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-03 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 234-95 05/03/2018 [SB420 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2018-SB420-Introduced.html

SB 420  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2825

01/04

 

SENATE BILL 420

 

AN ACT relative to collective bargaining under the right-to-know law.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Daniels, Dist 11; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Ulery, Hills. 37; Rep. L. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. Shaw, Hills. 16

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill declares that public meeting for the purposes of the right-to-know law shall not include strategy with respect to collective bargaining if only one party is present.  Current law allows strategy or negotiations with respect to collective bargaining to be exempted from the definition of public meeting.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2825

01/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to collective bargaining under the right-to-know law.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Right-to-Know; Meetings Open to the Public.  Amend RSA 91-A:2, I(a) to read as follows:

(a)  Strategy [or negotiations] with respect to collective bargaining where only one negotiating party is present;

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.

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