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2020 SESSION
HB 55 Worker cooperatives; establishes as a category of cooperative associations.
Introduced by: Lee J. Carter | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Worker cooperatives. Establishes worker cooperatives as a category of cooperative associations. A worker cooperative is a stock corporation that has elected to be governed by provisions established by this measure, which include (i) conducting its business primarily for the mutual benefit of its members, (ii) allowing only current and retired employees to be members, (iii) limiting voting rights to current employees, (iv) providing that each employee is entitled to one vote, (v) prohibiting any person from owning more than one membership share, (vi) requiring at least two-thirds of employees to own membership shares, and (vii) requiring that net earnings be paid or credited to members in accordance with the ratio that each member's amount of work performed during a period bears to the total amount of work performed by all members during that period.
FULL TEXT
- 11/30/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100832D pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB55ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0673) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 11/30/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100832D
- 11/30/19 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/28/20 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (10-Y 8-N)
- 01/30/20 House: Read first time
- 01/31/20 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/03/20 House: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 36-N)
- 02/03/20 House: VOTE: Passage (62-Y 36-N)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 03/02/20 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (14-Y 1-N)
- 03/04/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/20 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/05/20 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/05/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/05/20 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (28-Y 12-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (25-Y 14-N 1-A)
- 03/05/20 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (61-Y 31-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 31-N)
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/12/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB55ER)
- 03/12/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/12/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/17/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- 03/17/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/06/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 673 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0673)