Lawmakers finalized legislation allowing public-sector unions to seek reimbursement from non-members for representation in certain circumstances Wednesday, sending it to the governor's desk two days after he expressed doubt that the two branches were on the same page.

Both the House and Senate had previously passed a bill (H 3854) responding to the U.S. Supreme Court's Janus v. AFSCME decision last year, which held that employees of public agencies who do not belong to a union cannot be forced to pay fees or dues. The legislation, approved 155-1 in the House and 38-1 in the Senate, allows unions to charge employees who are not enrolled but benefit from representation or other work on their behalf.

The Senate's approval came with a Minority Leader Bruce Tarr amendment that would have required businesses to post state-provided materials about employee and employer rights under the new law.

However, with Tarr in the chamber during a lightly attended informal session Wednesday, the Senate concurred with a Rep. Paul Brodeur further amendment stripping that language and sending the bill to Gov. Charlie Baker.

"That language had what I would refer to as an unnecessary notice provision," Brodeur said.

Tarr could not be reached for immediate comment after the vote.

Asked at an unrelated press conference Monday if he planned to sign the bill, Baker said he believed the matter would need to go to a conference committee for negotiations between the two branches before reaching him.

Baker said that although he believes ensuring unions have a process to engage new employees is "an appropriate thing to solve for," he worries about the privacy implications of allowing labor leaders to access workers' personal contact information. Republicans in both branches had filed amendments seeking to limit how that information could be shared, but none were successful.

"My biggest concern all along has been some of the issues around confidentiality and personal privacy, which I've made clear to a number of people," he said. [Matt Murphy contributed to this report.] - Chris Lisinski/SHNS