File Code: Human Relations
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 393
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Raskin, Kelley, and Stone
- Entitled:
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Discrimination in Employment - Expansion of Disability Rights
Altering the definition of disability applicable to provisions
prohibiting discrimination in employment; prohibiting an employer from
failing or refusing to make reasonable accommodations for known
disabilities of otherwise qualified employees; providing that an
employer is not required to reasonably accommodate an employee's
disability if the accommodation would cause undue hardship on the
employer's business; and prohibiting retaliation against specified
individuals.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/11
- Hearing 3/4 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/16
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/17
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/19
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- 4/5
- Returned Passed
House Action
- 3/20
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 3/25
- Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/7
- Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
- 4/2
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/3
- Third Reading Passed (134-2)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/7
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 299
Sponsored by:
- Senator Jamie Raskin, District 20
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Disabilities -see also- Blind; Deaf; Developmental
- Discrimination
- Unions
- Work, Labor and Employment -see also- Col Barg; Holiday; etc
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- State Government
- (
20-601 ,
20-601 ,
20-603 ,
20-606
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
Senate
- Number: 458271/01 Offered on: March 17, 2009 at:
11:04 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 19, 2009: Third Reading Passed (44-0)
House
- April 3, 2009: Third Reading Passed (134-2)
