Though the elimination of collective bargaining is the most controversial part, the bill proposes several other changes to public sector employees and unions.

It would restrict certain government resources from going toward union activity — that includes ensuring taxpayer funds won’t pay a public employee for the work they do for a union. And unions wouldn’t get special exemptions for using public resources, like property (if other groups or people have to pay to use a public room or space, so does the union).

People who are employed by a union, but aren’t actually employed by the entity the union represents — for instance, someone who works for a teachers union full time, but isn’t actually employed by the school district — would no longer have access to the Utah Retirement System.

And the bill would offer professional liability insurance for teachers, which in most cases is only currently offered through a union, Teuscher says. That would offer teachers “extra protection” for things like employment disputes, he said.