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2024 SESSION
SB 401 Military leaves of absence for employees of the Commonwealth, etc.; includes prof. firefighters.
Introduced by: Tara A. Durant | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Military leaves of absence for employees of Commonwealth or political subdivisions; professional firefighters. Provides that any person who is employed by the Commonwealth or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth as a professional firefighter shall receive paid leaves of absence for up to 388 work hours that a leave of absence is required, regardless of whether such amount of work hours exceeds 21 workdays per federal fiscal year, during which such person is engaged in federally funded military duty, to include training duty, or is called forth by the Governor for military duty. Under current law, employees of the Commonwealth or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth are limited to an eight-hour, 21-workday cap, which equates to seven workdays for such employees working in 24-hour shifts. The 388-work-hour cap would provide leave for a little over 16 workdays for such employees working in 24-hour shifts. This bill is identical to HB 279.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104672D pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB401ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/28/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0239) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104672D
- 01/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/31/24 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/07/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/08/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/12/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/24 House: Read first time
- 02/15/24 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/23/24 House: Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/24 House: Read second time
- 02/28/24 House: Read third time
- 02/28/24 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/04/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB401ER)
- 03/04/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/28/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 239 (effective 7/1/24)
- 03/28/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0239)