Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Labor Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.
2010 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2225
Volunteer Emergency Responder Job Protection Act; create.
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
Sponsor
Its course
January 6 to February 2, 2010, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 6 to Feb 2 · stopped27 days
LaborJan 6 to Feb 2 · stopped27 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 2
- Jan 6Referred to the Senate committees on Labor and on Veterans and Military Affairs
- Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 6Referred To Labor;Veterans and Military AffairsSenate
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate