CS/SB 1298: Public Records/Public Employees Relations Commission

PUBLIC RECORDS/GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Martin

Public Records/Public Employees Relations Commission; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for a showing of interest signed by the employees or the group of employees who no longer desire to be represented by a certified bargaining agent; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for the reversion of specified statutory text under certain conditions; providing statements of public necessity, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/13/2026 09:48 AM

• Senate Committee References (2)

  1. Fiscal Policy (FP)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)

• Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  S 1296 (er) by Martin Public Employees Relations Commission Last Action: 3/17/2026 S Ordered enrolled	Linked
  H 995 (c2) by Government Operations Subcommittee Public Employees Relations Commission Last Action: 3/11/2026 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 1296	Compare
  H 997 by Persons-Mulicka Pub. Rec./Public Employees Relations Commission Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee	Compare

• Proposed Committee Substitute (1)

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  396156 - Proposed Committee Substitute
  Sponsor: Governmental Oversight and Accountability
  Filed: 2/10/2026 3:21 PM
  Last committee action: Replaced by Committee Substitute
  

• Analyses (1)

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  • Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting)   2/27/2026
  • Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting)   3/3/2026

• Committee Votes (1)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  3/2/2026 12:00 PM	S 1298	Fiscal Policy	8 Yeas - 10 Nays

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  447.308

  Revocation of certification of employee organization.

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• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/7/2026	S	• Filed
  1/12/2026	S	• Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  1/28/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
  2/6/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  2/11/2026	S	• CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 2
  2/13/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  2/17/2026	S	• Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government • Remaining references corrected to Fiscal Policy • Now in Fiscal Policy
  2/18/2026	S	• CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
  2/25/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  3/2/2026	S	• Unfavorable by Fiscal Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 10
  3/3/2026	S	• Laid on Table