CHAPTER NUMBER: 11
File Code: Human Relations
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 793/00 - CGM
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 18
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Forehand
- Entitled:
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Genetic Information - Nondiscrimination in Employment
Making it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail or
refuse to hire or discharge an individual or otherwise discriminate
against an individual because of the individual's genetic information
or the individual's refusal to submit to a genetic test or make
available the results of a genetic test; etc.
Senate Action
- 08/15
- Pre-filed
- 1/10
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/7
- Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/19
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/5
- Returned Passed
- 4/10
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 11
House Action
- 3/19
- First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
- 3/24
- Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/6
- Favorable Report by Commerce and Government Matters
- 4/1
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/2
- Third Reading Passed (137-1)
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHEMICAL TESTS
- DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION
- GENETICS
- PRIVACY
- WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- COL BARG; HOLIDAY; etc
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Article - 49B Human Relations Commission
- (
15 ,
16
)
- Insurance
- (
27-909
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 738375/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 20, 2001 at:
11:41 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 22, 2001: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- House
- April 2, 2001: Third Reading Passed (137-1)