Legislation

Title: Election Law - Time Off for Employee Voting
Sponsored by: Delegate Palakovich Carr
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Requiring every employer in the State to allow any employee, rather than any employee who claims to be a registered voter, in the State a certain period of absence from work to vote in an election, rather than only on election day; requiring the employee to provide reasonable proof to the employer in a timely manner that the employee voted or attempted to vote; prohibiting an employer from taking certain actions against an employee who exercises the right under certain provisions of law to be absent from work to vote; etc.

Committees

Original:: Ways and Means Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

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Details

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): June 1, 2020

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/13/2020 Legislative Date 2/13/2020 Action First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Election Law - Time Off for Employee Voting Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/24/2020 Legislative Date 2/24/2020 Action Rereferred to Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/25/2020 Legislative Date 2/25/2020 Action Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/13/2020 Legislative Date 3/13/2020 Action Favorable Report by Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/13/2020 Legislative Date 3/10/2020 Action Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed Proceedings 47AClick to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Election Law - Time Off for Employee Voting Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/14/2020 Legislative Date 3/11/2020 Action Third Reading Passed (94-35) Proceedings 48 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/15/2020 Legislative Date 3/10/2020 Action Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Proceedings 49 Click to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/13/2020	2/13/2020	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
			Text - First - Election Law - Time Off for Employee Voting
House	2/24/2020	2/24/2020	Rereferred to Ways and Means
House	2/25/2020	2/25/2020	Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Ways and Means	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/13/2020	3/13/2020	Favorable Report by Ways and Means
House	3/13/2020	3/10/2020	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed	47AClick to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Election Law - Time Off for Employee Voting
House	3/14/2020	3/11/2020	Third Reading Passed (94-35)	48 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/15/2020	3/10/2020	Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs	49 Click to view Recorded Media

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