HOUSE BILL 1460

Sponsored By:

Delegates Curran and Petzold

Entitled:

Human Relations Commission - Jurisdiction - Employment Discrimination

Synopsis:

Altering the jurisdiction of the Maryland Human Relations Commission with regard to matters involving discrimination in employment by providing that the Commission may entertain matters relating to discrimination in employment involving employers with one or more employees as opposed to the current law restricting the Commission's jurisdiction to matters involving employers with 15 or more employees.

Legislative History

House Action

3/15

First Reading House Rules

Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Del. Curran) Adopted (116-2)

Referred House Rules

3/18

Re-referred Commerce and Government Matters

Hearing 3/19 at 1:15 p.m.

3/21

Favorable with Amendments Report by Commerce and Government Matters

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Special Order p.m. session (Del. Fulton) Adopted

3/22

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/23

Motion vote previous question (Del. T. Murphy) Adopted

Third Reading Passed (89-40)

Senate Action

3/25

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

3/27

Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.

4/8

Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

Sponsored by:

Delegate Gerald J. Curran, District 43

Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION

HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION

JURISDICTION

SMALL BUSINESS

WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- LEAVE, OVERTIME

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Article - 49B Human Relations Commission

( 11 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 116848/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 22, 1996 at: 10:34 Status: Adopted