2011 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 171

CHAPTER NUMBER: 171
File Code: State Government - Personnel Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 181
Sponsored By:
The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barkley, Barnes, Clagett, Gaines, Gutierrez, Haynes, Hubbard, Nathan-Pulliam, Stukes, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Zucker
Entitled:
Collective Bargaining - Independent Home Care Providers

Synopsis:

Establishing collective bargaining rights for specified independent home care providers; providing that there may be only one appropriate bargaining unit for the providers; authorizing providers to designate an exclusive representative; requiring that procedures be governed by specified provisions of law; providing for the scope of collective bargaining; requiring an exclusive representative to provide specified notice; providing that specified providers are not required to pay a service fee, but are required to make a specified payment; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occurring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
1/26
First Reading Appropriations
2/2
Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
3/25

Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
3/23
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Special Order until next session (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted
3/24
Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected (45-90)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/25
Third Reading Passed (93-44)
4/5
House Concur - Senate Amendments
Third Reading Passed (93-45)
Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
3/25
First Reading Finance
3/29
Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
4/6
Favorable Report by Finance
4/2
Favorable
Special Order until 4/7 (Senator Brinkley) Adopted
4/3
Favorable Report Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Getty) Adopted (31-14)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/4
Floor Amendment (Senator Middleton) Adopted
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (31-16)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/10
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 171

Sponsored by:

Speaker, The
Administration
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
Delegate Ben Barnes, District 21
Delegate Galen R. Clagett, District 3A
Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22
Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
Delegate Keith E. Haynes, District 44
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Melvin L. Stukes, District 44
Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
Delegate Kriselda Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Craig J. Zucker, District 14

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Aging, Department of
Collective Bargaining
Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
Elections -see also- Ballots; Camp Financ; Pol Cands; Voting
Fees -see also- Attys' Fees; Devt Fees & Taxes; Reimb Rates.
Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of
Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
Hearings
Home Care Services -see also- Respite Care
Human Resources, Department of
Notices
Reports
Strikes
Unions
Work, Labor and Employment -see also- Col Barg; Holiday; etc

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General
( 15-901 , 15-902 , 15-903 , 15-904 , 15-905 , 15-906 , 15-907 )

Documents

All documents except Roll Call Votes are displayed in PDF format:
Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
Fiscal and Policy Note: Available
Amendments:
House
Number: 643821/01     Offered on: March 25, 2011   at: 5:43 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 774466/01     Offered on: March 25, 2011   at: 11:21 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 223625/01     Offered on: April 8, 2011   at: 12:40 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 403024/01     Offered on: April 7, 2011   at: 12:26 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Committee Votes :
House
Appropriations
Senate
Finance
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 24, 2011: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) {643821/1 Rejected (45-90)
March 25, 2011: Third Reading Passed (93-44)
April 5, 2011: Third Reading Passed (93-45)
Senate
April 3, 2011: Floor Amendment (Getty) {403024/1 Adopted (31-14)
April 4, 2011: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (31-16)