HB 2190 — An Act amending the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), known as the Public Employe Relations Act, in collective bargaining impasse, further providing for arbitration; and, in strikes, further providing for prohibited strikes.

PRINTER'S NO.     2852

                     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

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 3, 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.
15      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
16   hereby enacts as follows:
17      Section 1.    Section 805 of the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563,
18   No.195), known as the Public Employe Relations Act, is amended
19   to read:
20      Section 805.    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
21   act where representatives of units of guards at prisons or
22   mental hospitals, units of peace officers as defined under 18
 1   Pa.C.S. § 501 (relating to definitions) who are covered by this
 2   act or units of employes directly involved with and necessary to
 3   the functioning of the courts of this Commonwealth have reached
 4   an impasse in collective bargaining and mediation as required in
 5   section 801 of this article has not resolved the dispute, the
 6   impasse shall be submitted to a panel of arbitrators whose
 7   decision shall be final and binding upon both parties with the
 8   proviso that the decisions of the arbitrators which would
 9   require legislative enactment to be effective shall be
10   considered advisory only.
11      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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