Removing the exclusion from interest arbitration of Washington management service employees at the department of corrections.

 H-0126.1

HOUSE BILL 1068

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Representatives Doglio, Bronoske, Reeves, Tharinger, Street, Scott, Nance, Goodman, Fosse, Ryu, Leavitt, Ramel, Berry, Reed, Obras, Timmons, Davis, Ormsby, Lekanoff, Salahuddin, and Hill

Prefiled 12/13/24. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards.

AN ACT Relating to removing the exclusion from interest arbitration of Washington management service employees at the department of corrections; and amending RCW 41.80.200 .

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 41.80.200 and 2020 c 89 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) In order to maintain dedicated and uninterrupted services to the supervision of criminal offenders that are in state correctional facilities and on community supervision, it is the legislature's intent to grant certain employees of the department of corrections interest arbitration rights as an alternative means of settling disputes.