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The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:

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The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:

Vote date
2023-03-14
Chamber
senate
Result
failed
Yeas
17
Nays
20
Excused
1
Not voting
0
Related measure
measure-3349
Related sitting
sitting-572

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Chamber
senate
Context text
Excused—1 Victory Not Voting—0 In The Chair: President Senator Albert offered the following amendment: 1. Amend page 9, following line 9, by inserting: “ Sec. 10b. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, a public employee may choose to bargain independently. A public employer shall not refuse to bargain independently with a public employee and an exclusive bargaining representative shall not represent a public employee who has chosen to bargain independently. An agreement between a public employer and an exclusive bargaining representative does not apply to a public employee who has chosen to bargain independently. (2) As used in this section, “independent bargaining” or “to bargain independently” means bargaining between a public employer and a public employee with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, or other terms and conditions of employment without the intervention of a labor organization, bargaining agent, or exclusive bargaining representative. Independent bargaining does not grant any greater or lesser rights or privileges to a public employee who has chosen to bargain independently in a unit with an exclusive bargaining representative than a public employee in a unit without an exclusive bargaining representative. Independent bargaining does not impose any greater or lesser duties or obligations for a public employer to a public employee who has chosen to bargain independently in a unit with an exclusive bargaining representative than those duties or obligations that the public employer or public school employer owes to a public employee in a unit without an exclusive bargaining representative. ”. The question being on the adoption of the amendment, Senator Lauwers requested the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered, 1/5 of the members present voting therefor. The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:
Excused
1
Measure id
measure-3349
Motion text
The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:
Nays
20
Not voting
0
Result
failed
Sitting id
sitting-572
Vote date
2023-03-14
Vote id
vote-6845
Vote number
67
Yeas
17

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