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SB 271 Adoption; leave benefit.

Introduced by: Thomas A. Garrett | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Adoption leave benefit. Creates a new classification of paid leave for a state employee who adopts an infant. The amount of leave would be equivalent to the amount of paid leave awarded to an employee pursuant to short-term disability for maternity leave. The Department of Human Resource Management is directed to develop guidelines and policies for implementing the adoption leave benefit.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/16  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100526D  pdf | impact statements

HISTORY

• 01/07/16  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100526D
• 01/07/16  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 01/18/16  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/18/16  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 01/27/16  Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/16  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/16  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/01/16  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/16  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/03/16  House: Read first time
• 02/03/16  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/17/16  House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
• 02/18/16  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/16  House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/16  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/24/16  House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement
• 03/02/16  House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2017 by voice vote
• 03/02/16  House: Continued to 2017 in Appropriations by voice vote