PENNSYLVANIA, April 1 - PRINTER'S NO. 1562

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

1247

Session of

2026

INTRODUCED BY FARRY, PENNYCUICK, VOGEL, MILLER, ARGALL AND

PICOZZI, APRIL 1, 2026

REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, APRIL 1, 2026

AN ACT

Amending the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563, No.195), entitled

"An act establishing rights in public employes to organize

and bargain collectively through selected representatives;

defining public employes to include employes of nonprofit

organizations and institutions; providing compulsory

mediation and fact-finding, for collective bargaining

impasses; providing arbitration for certain public employes

for collective bargaining impasses; defining the scope of

collective bargaining; establishing unfair employe and

employer practices; prohibiting strikes for certain public

employes; permitting strikes under limited conditions;

providing penalties for violations; and establishing

procedures for implementation," in collective bargaining

impasse, further providing for interest arbitration.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 805 of the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563,

No.195), known as the Public Employe Relations Act, is amended

to read:

Section 805. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this

act where representatives of units of guards at prisons or

mental hospitals [or], units of employes directly involved with

and necessary to the functioning of the courts of this

Commonwealth or units of peace officers, as defined under 18

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