SB1724
Employment records; written request from employee, subpoena duces tecum.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Employment records; written request from employee; subpoena duces tecum; penalty for failure to provide.
Provides that an employer shall furnish a copy of certain employment records or papers within 30 days of receipt of a written request of a current or former employee or employee's attorney. The bill provides that the employer may charge a reasonable fee to comply with such a request. The ... (More) bill further provides that a subpoena duces tecum may be issued upon the failure of an employer to comply with such a written request and that if the court finds that an employer willfully refused to comply with such a written request, as outlined in the bill, the court may award damages for all expenses incurred by the employee. The bill provides that copies of an employee's records or papers may be withheld from such employee if the employee's treating physician or clinical psychologist states that providing such records to such employee would be reasonably likely to endanger the life or physical safety of the employee or another person. This bill incorporates SB 1682. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/16/2019 - Senate: Presented and ordered printed 19104902D
- 01/16/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/21/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1724)
- 01/23/2019 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105722D-S1
- 01/23/2019 - Senate: Incorporates SB1682 (Mason)
- 01/25/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 1-N)
- 01/28/2019 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/2019 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/28/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19105722D-S1
- 01/28/2019 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1724S1
- 01/29/2019 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2019 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/04/2019 - House: Read first time
- 02/04/2019 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1724S1)
- 02/08/2019 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/11/2019 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2019 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2019 - House: Read second time
- 02/20/2019 - House: Read third time
- 02/20/2019 - House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2019 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/2019 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/23/2019 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1724ER)
- 02/23/2019 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/23/2019 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1724ER)
- 03/04/2019 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- 03/04/2019 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/21/2019 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 733 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/21/2019 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0733)
