HB 2190

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2852  PRINTER'S NO.   3277
                THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                    HOUSE BILL
                    No. 2190
                                          Session of
                                            2026
INTRODUCED BY GOUGHNOUR, MARKOSEK, McNEILL, WAXMAN, HADDOCK,
   RIVERA, HARKINS, MUNROE, HILL-EVANS, MALAGARI, BRENNAN,
   INGLIS, STEELE, PIELLI, MULLINS, RASEL, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
   MADDEN, D. WILLIAMS, DOUGHERTY, BOROWSKI, O'MARA, KINKEAD,
   GIRAL AND PROKOPIAK, FEBRUARY 2, 2026
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
   REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 27, 2026
                               AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), entitled
2    "An act establishing rights in public employes to organize
3    and bargain collectively through selected representatives;
4    defining public employes to include employes of nonprofit
5    organizations and institutions; providing compulsory
6    mediation and fact-finding, for collective bargaining
7    impasses; providing arbitration for certain public employes
8    for collective bargaining impasses; defining the scope of
9    collective bargaining; establishing unfair employe and
10    employer practices; prohibiting strikes for certain public
11    employes; permitting strikes under limited conditions;
12    providing penalties for violations; and establishing
13    procedures for implementation," in collective bargaining
14    impasse, further providing for arbitration; AND, IN STRIKES,    <--
15    FURTHER PROVIDING FOR PROHIBITED STRIKES.
16    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
17 hereby enacts as follows:
18    Section 1.    Section 805 of the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, <--
19 No.195), known as the Public Employe Relations Act, is amended
20 to read:
21    SECTION 1.    SECTIONS 805 AND 1001 OF THE ACT OF JULY 23, 1970 <--
22 (P.L.563, NO.195), KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC EMPLOYE RELATIONS ACT,
1 ARE AMENDED TO READ:
2    Section 805.    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
3 act where representatives of units of guards at prisons or
4 mental hospitals, units of peace officers as defined under 18
5 Pa.C.S. § 501 (relating to definitions) who are covered by this
6 act or units of employes directly involved with and necessary to
7 the functioning of the courts of this Commonwealth have reached
8 an impasse in collective bargaining and mediation as required in
9 section 801 of this article has not resolved the dispute, the
10 impasse shall be submitted to a panel of arbitrators whose
11 decision shall be final and binding upon both parties with the
12 proviso that the decisions of the arbitrators which would
13 require legislative enactment to be effective shall be
14 considered advisory only.
15    SECTION 1001.   STRIKES BY GUARDS AT PRISONS OR MENTAL  <--
16 HOSPITALS, UNITS OF PEACE OFFICERS AS DEFINED UNDER 18 PA.C.S. §
17 501 (RELATING TO DEFINITIONS) WHO ARE COVERED BY THIS ACT OR
18 EMPLOYES DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH AND NECESSARY TO THE FUNCTIONING
19 OF THE COURTS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH ARE PROHIBITED AT ANY TIME.
20 IF A STRIKE OCCURS THE PUBLIC EMPLOYER SHALL FORTHWITH INITIATE
21 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF THE JURISDICTION WHERE THE
22 STRIKE OCCURS, AN ACTION FOR APPROPRIATE EQUITABLE RELIEF
23 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INJUNCTIONS. IF THE STRIKE INVOLVES
24 COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYES, THE CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER OF THE PUBLIC
25 EMPLOYER OR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHERE REQUIRED BY LAW SHALL
26 INSTITUTE AN ACTION FOR EQUITABLE RELIEF, EITHER IN THE COURT OF
27 COMMON PLEAS OF THE JURISDICTION WHERE THE STRIKE HAS OCCURRED
28 OR THE COMMONWEALTH COURT.
29    Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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