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SB 294 State officers & employees; retaliatory actions against persons providing certain testimony.
Introduced by: Bill R. DeSteph, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Retaliatory actions by state officers and employees against persons providing testimony before a committee or subcommittee of the General Assembly. Prohibits officers and employees of a state agency from retaliating or threatening to retaliate against a person for providing testimony before a committee or subcommittee of the General Assembly. The bill provides that to be covered, a person who provides testimony before a committee or subcommittee of the General Assembly shall do so in good faith and upon a reasonable belief that the information is accurate. Testimony that is reckless or that the person knew or should have known was false, confidential, malicious, or otherwise prohibited by law or policy shall not be deemed good faith testimony. Under the bill, an intentional violation by an officer or employee of a state agency constitutes malfeasance in office. The bill also provides that any person who believes that he is the subject of retaliatory action may file a complaint with the Office of the Inspector General and expands the authority of the Office to include receiving and investigating such complaints.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103382D pdf | impact statement
- 03/10/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB294ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0628) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103382D
- 01/08/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/01/16 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/16 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/16 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/08/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
- 02/11/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/16 House: Read first time
- 02/11/16 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/17/16 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
- 02/25/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/16 House: Reported from General Laws with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/16 House: Read second time
- 03/04/16 House: Read third time
- 03/04/16 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/04/16 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/07/16 House: Read third time
- 03/07/16 House: Amendments by Delegate Knight agreed to
- 03/07/16 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/07/16 House: Passed House with amendments (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/16 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N)
- 03/10/16 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/10/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB294ER)
- 03/10/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/16 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
- 03/11/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 04/01/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 628 (effective 7/1/16)
- 04/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0628)