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HB196

Employment discrimination; prohibits against electoral board member, etc., for election day service.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Wendy Gooditis (D)

Session:
2020 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Employment discrimination; prohibited against electoral board members and assistant general registrars for election day service; penalty.

Prohibits discrimination in employment against electoral board members and assistant general registrars on the basis of service on election day or at a meeting of the electoral board following the election to ascertain the results of the election. Current law prohibits such employment discrimination only on the basis of election day service and only against officers of election. A violation of the bill's provisions is a Class 3 misdemeanor. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 12/27/2019 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100919D
  • 12/27/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 01/14/2020 - House: Assigned P & E sub: Gubernatorial Appointments
  • 01/29/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  • 01/29/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB196)
  • 01/31/2020 - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N)
  • 02/04/2020 - House: Read first time
  • 02/05/2020 - House: Read second time and engrossed
  • 02/06/2020 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
  • 02/06/2020 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 02/07/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/07/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 02/18/2020 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 0-N 1-A)
  • 02/20/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/21/2020 - Senate: Passed by for the day
  • 02/24/2020 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/24/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
  • 02/27/2020 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/27/2020 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB196ER)
  • 02/27/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB196ER)
  • 02/27/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/27/2020 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/06/2020 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
  • 03/06/2020 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 04/07/2020 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 838 (effective 7/1/20)
  • 04/07/2020 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0838)

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