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2000 SESSION
SB 732 Department of Employee Relations Counselors; name changed.
Introduced by: Stephen H. Martin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Department of Employee Relations Counselors; grievance procedure. Changes the name of the Department of Employee Relations Counselors to the Department of Employment Dispute Resolution. The bill also (i) authorizes the Director of the Department to hire hearing officers for grievance hearings through a competitive selection process, in addition to selecting hearing officers from the Supreme Court list, and allows the Director to establish policies for the removal of hearing officers deemed ineligible for continued selection; (ii) requires the Director to publish hearing officer decisions and Department rulings; (iii) authorizes appeals from a hearing officer's decision to the circuit court in which the grievance arose; (iv) requires the circuit court to render a final decision within 15 days from the close of the hearing; (v) provides that cost of the appeal shall not be borne by the Commonwealth or the grievant; (vi) requires the award of reasonable attorney fees and costs to the employee if the employee substantially prevails on the merits; (vii) clarifies the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals to hear appeals from grievance hearings; (viii) requires that documents related to a grievance be made available by the opposing party upon request of a party to the grievance; and (ix) grants a records exemption from the Freedom of Information Act for information furnished in confidence to the Department with respect to an investigation, consultation, or mediation under the grievance procedure, and memoranda, correspondence and other records resulting from any such investigation, consultation or mediation. The bill contains technical amendments.
FULL TEXT
- 01/24/00 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 008194200 pdf
- 02/07/00 Senate: Printed as engrossed 008194200-E pdf
- 03/20/00 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB732ER) pdf
- 05/04/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0947) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/24/00 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 008194200
- 01/24/00 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/02/00 Senate: Reported from General Laws (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/03/00 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/00 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/00 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/07/00 Senate: Read third time
- 02/07/00 Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/00 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/00 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/07/00 Senate: Amendments by Sen. Martin agreed to
- 02/07/00 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/07/00 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/00 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/00 Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N)
- 02/07/00 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (36-Y 2-N)
- 02/07/00 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/07/00 Senate: Printed as engrossed 008194200-E
- 02/14/00 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/00 House: Read first time
- 02/14/00 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/15/00 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 5
- 03/02/00 House: Reported from General Laws with amds (19-Y 5-N)
- 03/03/00 House: Read second time
- 03/06/00 House: Read third time
- 03/06/00 House: Passed by temporarily
- 03/06/00 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/06/00 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/07/00 House: Read third time
- 03/07/00 House: Amendment by Del. McEachin rejected (47-Y 51-N)
- 03/07/00 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (47-Y 51-N)
- 03/07/00 House: Amendment #1 by Del. Cranwell agreed to (50-Y 48-N)
- 03/07/00 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (50-Y 48-N)
- 03/07/00 House: Amendment #2 by Del. Cranwell agreed to (53-Y 46-N)
- 03/07/00 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (53-Y 46-N)
- 03/07/00 House: Passed House with amendments (96-Y 3-N)
- 03/07/00 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 3-N)
- 03/09/00 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/09/00 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/00 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/20/00 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB732ER)
- 03/23/00 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/24/00 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/25/00 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/09/00 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 947 (effective 7/1/00)
- 05/04/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0947)