CAMPUS POLICE (HB 1559)
3/2/18 Did not pass final cut-off. Left at Senate 2nd Reading.
2/26/18 HB 1559 is now in Senate Rules. It must pass a vote of the Senate by Mar 3.
2/19/18 The Senate Ways and Means Committee voted out our priority bill (SHB 1559) to grant binding interest arbitration rights to campus police.
2/15/18 CAMPUS POLICE ARBITRATION BILL DEBUTS IN SENATE AFSCME Council 28 (WFSE)-initiated bill to give state college and university campus police binding arbitration made its Senate committee debut today (Feb. 15). SHB 1559 already passed the House, 82-13.
SHB 1559 aims to level the playing field for these law enforcement officers. A separate bargaining table would allow these campus police officers to deal with their unique safety, training and equipment needs.
“Interest arbitration is an outlet for labor disputes to be resolved peacefully,” said Ton Johnson, the Federation’s law enforcement labor advocate. The committee has scheduled a vote for Monday (Feb. 19).
2/15/18 Binding interest arbitration for campus police – SHB 1559 passed the House and is now in the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee.
1/29/18 Our priority bill on campus police passed the House earlier today (Jan. 29)
- AFSCME Council 28 (WFSE)-initiated bill giving state college and university campus police binding arbitration (SHB 1559) passed the House on a vote of 82-13 with 3 excused. It now goes to the Senate where it has until Feb. 23 to pass whatever Senate committee it’s assigned to.
1/16/18 CAMPUS POLICE ARBITRATION BILL BOOSTED AFSCME Council 28 (WFSE)-initiated bill (HB 1559) to give state college and university campus police binding arbitration got a good reception in the House Appropriations Committee Monday (Jan. 15).
The bill makes sense because it would level the playing field for these law enforcement officers, AFSCME Council 28 (WFSE) Lobbyist Matt Zuvich told the committee.
“Every other fully commissioned police force enjoys interest arbitration as a sacrifice for (no) right to strike,” Zuvich said.
A separate bargaining table would allow these campus police officers to deal with their unique safety, training and equipment needs, Zuvich said.
“These are fully commissioned police officers who work in conjunction with their police forces in their local communities and they have very specific bargaining needs that we hope to see addressed through a separate table.”
1/12/178 HB 1559 would grant binding arbitration rights to campus police, comes before the House Appropriations Committee.
1/3/18 Campus police officers are the only general authority police force in the state without access to arbitration. Recent incidents only underscore the importance of having a well-trained and properly equipped police presence at our institutions of higher education. HB 1559 had a House committee hearing in 2017.