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SB 201 Grievance procedures; revision of state guidelines.
Introduced by: W. Roscoe Reynolds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
State grievance procedure; penalty. Makes several amendments to the state grievance procedure. The bill (i) provides that the parties to a grievance have a duty to search their records to ensure that all relevant records are provided to the opposing party, (ii) specifies that hearing officer fees be reasonable in accordance with guidelines established by the Department of Employment Dispute Resolution (DEDR), (iii) entitles a grievant to recover reasonable attorneys' fees in grievances challenging a discharge if the grievant substantially prevails on the merits and special circumstances make such an award unjust, and (iv) provides for all awards of relief by a hearing officer to be in accordance with rules established by DEDR. The bill provides that its provisions relating to the award of attorneys' fees shall not apply to any local governing body or agency thereof that is otherwise subject to the state grievance procedure. The bill also contains technical amendments.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 046593808 pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 042810808-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/22/04 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB201ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/20/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 046593808
- 01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/28/04 Senate: Reported from General Laws with sub (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 042810808-S1
- 01/30/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/04 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/04 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/04 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 042810808-S1
- 02/02/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB201S1
- 02/03/04 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/04 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/05/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/04 House: Read first time
- 02/05/04 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/17/04 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 4
- 03/02/04 House: Reported from General Laws with amds (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/04 House: Read second time
- 03/04/04 House: Read third time
- 03/04/04 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/04/04 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/04/04 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/04 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/04 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/22/04 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB201ER)
- 03/23/04 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/24/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/24/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/12/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 674 (effective 7/1/04)
- 04/20/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674)