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2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2756

Volunteer Emergency Responder Job Protection Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Labor Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 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

Its course

January 17 to February 1, 2011, 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 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

LaborJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 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 17 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Labor and on Veterans and Military Affairs
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Labor;Veterans and Military AffairsSenate
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate