{"id":188985,"date":"2026-03-12T17:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188985\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:59:07","slug":"desantis-applauds-passage-of-florida-house-bill-that-reshapes-teachers-union-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188985\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis applauds passage of Florida House bill that reshapes teachers union rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 The Florida House has passed a bill that could potentially reshape public sector labor union dynamics in the state as it heads to Governor Ron DeSantis for approval.<\/p>\n

The legislation, known as SB 1296<\/a>, passed with a vote of 73-37 and is now headed to DeSantis for his approval.<\/p>\n

This new measure changes the rules for public sector labor unions, requiring that at least 50% of all employees in a bargaining unit must vote to re-certify the union. Furthermore, the union must secure more than 50% support from those voting, a shift from the current system where only majority support among those who voted is needed.<\/p>\n

In addition to the voting requirements, SB 1296 also modifies the rules regarding paid union leave for public workers, with an exemption for public safety employees such as police and firefighters.<\/p>\n

See also: Florida House votes to let highway speed limits hit 80 mph, axes registration stickers too<\/a><\/p>\n

DeSantis expressed his support for the legislation on social media, calling it a \u201chuge win\u201d for holding \u201cpartisan school unions accountable.\u201d <\/p>\n

He responded to queries regarding his stance on teacher unions by stating that they had delayed teacher pay increases, which he claimed was a priority of the state, not the unions.<\/p>\n

DeSantis also referred to past incidents where he believed union actions could have negatively impacted students, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic when they sought to close schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 The Florida House has passed a bill that could potentially reshape public sector labor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-188985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}