Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB277: Revise laws for payroll deduction of union dues and political contributions by public employers
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising laws governing labor organization payments and collection of political contributions by public employers; prohibiting public employers from deducting from public employees' salary or assisting in the collection of dues, fees, fines, assessments, or contributions on behalf of labor organizations, political committees, or political organizations; making it an unfair labor practice for a public employer to deduct or assist in the collection of dues or contributions…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS GOVERNING LABOR ORGANIZATION PAYMENTS AND COLLECTION OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY PUBLIC EMPLOYERS; PROHIBITING PUBLIC EMPLOYERS FROM DEDUCTING FROM PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' SALARY OR ASSISTING IN THE COLLECTION OF DUES, FEES, FINES, ASSESSMENTS, OR CONTRIBUTIONS ON BEHALF OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, POLITICAL COMMITTEES, OR POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS; MAKING IT AN UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE FOR A PUBLIC EMPLOYER TO DEDUCT OR ASSIST IN THE COLLECTION OF DUES OR CONTRIBUTIONS; MAKING IT AN UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE FOR A LABOR ORGANIZATION TO INDUCE A PUBLIC EMPLOYER TO DEDUCT OR ASSIST IN THE COLLECTION OF DUES OR CONTRIBUTIONS; AMENDING SECTIONS 2-2-121, 2-2-122, 17-8-212, 39-31-203, 39-31-401, AND 39-31-402, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 2-2-121, MCA, is amended to read: "2-2-121. Rules of conduct for public officers and public employees. (1) Proof of commission of any act enumerated in subsection (2) is proof that the actor has breached a public duty. (2) A public officer or a public employee may not: (a) subject to subsection (6), use public time, facilities, equipment, state letterhead, supplies, personnel, or funds for the officer's or employee's private business purposes; (b) engage in a substantial financial transaction for the officer's or employee's private business purposes …