Pennsylvania SB 757: An Act providing for notice and disclosure of proposed collective bargaining agreements and related documents and for open records.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 814
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 757
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY STEFANO, DUSH, PHILLIPS-HILL, J. WARD, HUTCHINSON,
BROWN, COLEMAN AND KEEFER, MAY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 22, 2025
AN ACT
Providing for notice and disclosure of proposed collective
bargaining agreements and related documents and for open
records.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Public
Employer Collective Bargaining Transparency Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Employee organization." An organization, agency, employee
representation committee or plan in which membership includes
public employees and that exists for the purpose, in whole or in
part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, employee-
employer disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment or
conditions of work. The term does not include any organization
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that practices discrimination in membership because of race,
color, creed, national origin or political affiliation.
"Proposed collective bargaining agreement." Any terms of
bargaining between a public employer and an employee
organization covering public employee wages, benefits and
working conditions that have been reduced to writing under
section 701 of the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known
as the Public Employe Relations Act.
"Public employee" or "employee." An individual employed by a
public employer. The term does not include any of the following:
(1) Elected officials.
(2) Appointees of the Governor with the advice and
consent of the Senate as required by law.
(3) Management-level employees.
(4) Confidential employees.
(5) Clergymen or other individuals in a religious
profession, employees or personnel at church offices or
facilities when utilized primarily for religious purposes.
(6) Employees covered under the act of June 24, 1968
(P.L.237, No.111), referred to as the Policemen and Firemen
Collective Bargaining Act.
"Public employer." As follows:
(1) The Commonwealth and its political subdivisions and
any officer, board, commission, agency, authority or other
instrumentality of the Commonwealth.
(2) The term does not include employers subject to the
act of June 1, 1937 (P.L.1168, No.294), known as the
Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act, or 29 U.S.C. Ch. 7 Subch.
II (relating to national labor relations).
Section 3. Notice of collective bargaining agreement.
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(a) Notice.--A public employer shall provide notice under
subsection (b) prior to signing a proposed collective bargaining
agreement. The notice shall include all of the following:
(1) A statement of the terms of the proposed collective
bargaining agreement.
(2) An estimate of the costs to the public employer
associated with the proposed collective bargaining agreement.
(b) Posting.--The notice required shall be posted on the
public employer's publicly accessible Internet website beginning
at least two weeks prior to the signing of the proposed
collective bargaining agreement and continuing until at least 30
days after the signing of the collective bargaining agreement.
If a public employer does not have a publicly accessible
Internet website, the public employer shall publish in printed
format the required notice once at least two weeks prior to the
signing of the proposed collective bargaining agreement and make
the notice publicly accessible in the main office of the public
employer.
(c) Unenforceability.--A collective bargaining agreement
executed without providing the notice required under this
section shall be void and unenforceable in its entirety.
Section 4. Open records.
A proposed collective bargaining agreement made by a public
employer or received by a public employer from an employee
organization shall be:
(1) A public record subject to inspection and
duplication.
(2) Posted on the public employer's publicly accessible
Internet website within 48 hours of receipt of the proposed
collective bargaining agreement.
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Section 5. Applicability.
This act shall apply to a proposed collective bargaining
agreement made on or after the effective date of this section.
Section 6. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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