l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2038

Volunteer Emergency Responder Job Protection Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Labor Committee on March 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY RESPONDER JOB PROTECTION ACT"; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYEE SHALL NOT BE TERMINATED, DEMOTED OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BECAUSE THE EMPLOYEE, WHEN SERVING AS A VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY RESPONDER, IS ABSENT FROM THE EMPLOYEE'S PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION DOES NOT APPLY IF THE VOLUNTEER EMPLOYEE IS ABSENT FOR A PERIOD OF MORE THAN 10 REGULAR BUSINESS DAYS IN A CALENDAR YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYER MAY CHARGE AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE'S REGULAR PAY TIME THAT THE EMPLOYEE IS ABSENT FROM EMPLOYMENT WHILE SERVING AS A VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY RESPONDER; TO PROVIDE A CIVIL CAUSE OF ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

5 co-sponsors

David Blount, Vincent Davis, Bob M. Dearing, John Horhn, Robert L. Jackson

Its course

January 6 to March 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action10 actions on 8 days

In the SenateJan 6 to Feb 1338 days

LaborJan 6 to Jan 2721 days

Veterans and Military AffairsJan 27 to Jan 281 day

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 13 to Mar 3 · stopped18 days

LaborFeb 18 to Mar 3 · stopped13 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 6 – Feb 13

  1. Jan 6Referred to the Senate committees on Labor and on Veterans and Military Affairs
  2. Jan 27Reported from LA to VM in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Jan 28Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Feb 9Failed in the Senate
  5. Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  6. Feb 13Reconsidered in the Senate
  7. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 16 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 16Sent to the House
  2. Feb 18Referred to the House committees on Labor and on Military Affairs
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Jan 6Referred To Labor;Veterans and Military AffairsSenate
  2. Jan 27DR - TSDP: LA To VMSenate
  3. Jan 28Title Suff Do PassSenate
  4. Feb 9FailedSenate
  5. Feb 9Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
  6. Feb 13ReconsideredSenate
  7. Feb 13PassedSenate
  8. Feb 16Transmitted To HouseSenate
  9. Feb 18Referred To Labor;Military AffairsHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives