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2003 SESSION

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HB 1597 Workforce Transition Act; eligibility for transitional benefits.

Introduced by: Harvey B. Morgan | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Workforce Transition Act; eligibility for transitional benefits. Extends the eligibility for

transitional severance benefits provided under the Workforce Transition Act to agency heads and employees serving in the capacity of chief deputy or confidential assistant for policy or administration provided they were employed by the Commonwealth continuously on a full-time basis for 15 years prior to their appointment as agency head, chief deputy, or confidential assistant. The second enactment clause of the bill limits the extended eligibility to on and after July 1, 2003.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/03  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/20/02 032824856  pdf | impact statement
• 02/28/03  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1597ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/27/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0782)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/08/03  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/20/02 032824856
• 01/08/03  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/09/03  House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 4
• 01/16/03  House: Reported from General Laws (16-Y 4-N)
• 01/20/03  House: Read first time
• 01/21/03  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/22/03  House: Read third time and passed House (91-Y 8-N)
• 01/22/03  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (91-Y 8-N)
• 01/22/03  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/23/03  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/23/03  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/05/03  Senate: Reported from General Laws (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/03  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/11/03  Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/03  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/03  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/03  Senate: Read third time
• 02/13/03  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/03  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/03  Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/03  Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/03  Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/03  Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/03  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1597ER)
• 03/05/03  House: Enrolled
• 03/05/03  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/06/03  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/24/03  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 782 (effective 7/1/03)
• 03/27/03  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0782)