Previously: HB 1770: Pyrrhic pay cut (April 9, 2014)

From the Journal of the House, Forty-ninth Day-Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 1058 [pdf]:

….HB 1770, relating to labor organizations, was again taken up by Representative Burlison.

Representative Burlison offered House Amendment No. 1.

House Amendment No. 1

AMEND House Bill No. 1770, Page 1, Section 290.591, Line 1, by inserting after the number “290.591. 1.” the following:

“All people shall be guaranteed the freedom to work without being required to join or pay dues to any labor organization as a condition or continuation of employment. To this end, subsections 2 and 3 of this section shall apply to labor organizations, employers, and employees.

2.”; and

Further amend said page and section, Line 9, by deleting the number “2” and inserting in lieu thereof the number “3”; and

Further amend said bill, Page 2, Section C, Lines 5 through 7, by deleting all of said lines and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“”Shall Missouri law be amended to guarantee all people the freedom to work without being required to join or pay dues to any labor organization as a condition or continuation of employment?

It is estimated this proposal will result in little or no costs or savings for state and local governmental entities.”.”; and

Further amend said bill by amending the title, enacting clause, and intersectional references accordingly.

On motion of Representative Burlison, House Amendment No. 1 was adopted.

On motion of Representative Burlison, HB 1770, as amended, was ordered perfected and printed by the following vote:

AYES: 078

Allen Anderson Austin Bahr Barnes

Bernskoetter Brattin Brown Burlison Cierpiot

Cookson Cox Crawford Cross Curtman

Davis Diehl Dohrman Dugger Elmer

Entlicher Fitzpatrick Flanigan Fraker Franklin

Frederick Gosen Guernsey Haahr Hampton

Hoskins Hough Houghton Hurst Johnson

Jones 50 Justus Keeney Kelley 127 Koenig

Kolkmeyer Lair Lant Leara Lichtenegger

Love Lynch Marshall McGaugh Messenger

Miller Moon Morris Muntzel Parkinson

Phillips Pike Pogue Redmon Rehder

Reiboldt Remole Rhoads Richardson Ross

Rowland Scharnhorst Schatz Schieber Shull

Shumake Swan Thomson Walker White

Wilson Wood Mr. Speaker

NOES: 068

Anders Black Burns Butler Carpenter

Colona Conway 10 Conway 104 Curtis Dunn

Ellington Engler English Englund Fitzwater

Frame Funderburk Gannon Gardner Gatschenberger

Harris Hicks Higdon Hubbard Hummel

Kelly 45 Kirkton Korman Kratky Lauer

May Mayfield McCaherty McCann Beatty McDonald

McKenna McManus McNeil Meredith Mims

Mitten Molendorp Montecillo Morgan Neth

Newman Nichols Norr Otto Pace

Peters Pierson Riddle Rizzo Roorda

Runions Schieffer Schupp Smith Sommer

Spencer Swearingen Torpey Walton Gray Webber

Wieland Wright Zerr

PRESENT: 002

Berry Pfautsch

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 012

Cornejo Ellinger Grisamore Haefner Hansen

Hinson Hodges LaFaver Neely Rowden

Solon Stream

VACANCIES: 003

[emphasis in original]

In November working people need to remember who their friends are. We’ll help remind them.

“…House Bill 1770 was perfected by a vote of 78-68, four votes short of the constitutional requirement for final passage…”

A press release from Governor Jay Nixon (D):

Gov. Nixon issues statement on the failure of Right to Work to garner the votes necessary for final passage

April 9, 2014

Jefferson City, MO

Gov. Jay Nixon issued the following statement on the failure of House Bill 1770 to garner the votes necessary for final passage:

“Today, a bipartisan coalition of legislators rejected Right to Work, marking a victory for Missouri working families and a setback for the out-of-state ideologues and special interests trying to attack them,” Gov. Nixon said. “At a time when we should be focused on policies that create jobs and move our state forward, this misguided political maneuver would take us backward by undermining workers and weakening our economy.  I will continue to stand on the side of the hard-working men and women of Missouri as we work together to build a brighter, more prosperous future for our state.”

The Missouri Constitution requires a constitutional majority for final passage of a bill.  House Bill 1770 was perfected by a vote of 78-68, four votes short of the constitutional requirement for final passage.

[emphasis in original]

Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder (r) does a half hearted victory dance, via Twitter:

Peter Kinder @PeterKinder

Thank you to those supporting #RTW today and everyday. Advance worker freedom and kickstart the #Missouri economy. #MOleg 3:39 PM – 9 Apr 2014

And this one, which is quite funny:

Roy Temple ‏@roytemple

While Rep @calebrowden44 lacks conviction, he’s at least consistent in his cowardice. He took another walk on a hard vote. #RTW 3:41 PM – 9 Apr 2014