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2002 SESSION

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HB 816 Employee court appearances.

Introduced by: James F. Almand | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Employee court appearances. Expands the statutory protections currently available to employees who are summoned or subpoenaed to court to include persons “who, having appeared, are required in writing by the court to appear at any future hearing.” People in this category would then have the protections of the current statute, which provides that an employer who discharges, takes adverse personnel action, or requires the use of sick leave or vacation time regarding an employee who has given the employer notice of the court appearance is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 024355246  pdf
• 03/08/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB816ER)  pdf
• 04/04/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0423)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 024355246
• 01/09/02  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/08/02  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/02  House: Read first time
• 02/11/02  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/12/02  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 02/12/02  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/13/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/13/02  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/27/02  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/02  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/02  Senate: Read third time
• 03/04/02  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/02  Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/02  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/02  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB816ER)
• 03/09/02  House: Enrolled
• 03/09/02  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/09/02  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/02/02  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 423 (effective 7/1/02)
• 04/04/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0423)