HB 24-1298

House Bill 24-1298, now signed into law, restricts labor unions made up of school employees from using their members' dues to support the election or re-election of public officials or ballot measures that individual union members have explicitly opposed. This means that if a teacher in a union disagrees with a particular political candidate or ballot issue, the union cannot use the member's dues to campaign for it. The law affects teachers and other school employees who are part of labor unions. Since the bill has been signed, it is now an active law that these restrictions must be followed.

Official Summary

The bill prohibits a labor union that is composed of school employees from directly using union member dues to promote the election or reelection of a public officer or to promote a local or state ballot measure to which the union member has expressed opposition. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)