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HB 7131: Seat Requirements

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Campbell

Seat Requirements; Repeals provisions that require employers who require employees to stand or walk during their duties to provide seats for such employees when not engaged in their active work; repeals provisions that require employers to permit specified employees to use seats during business hours, for purposes of necessary rest, when such use will not interfere with requirements of employment; deletes penalty.

Effective Date: 7/1/2011
Last Action: 5/7/2011 Senate - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/22/2011 House • Filed
    3/23/2011 House • Introduced -HJ 277
    3/24/2011 House • Referred to Judiciary Committee -HJ 311
    3/28/2011 House • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 03/30/11, 8:00 am, 404 HOB --Not Considered
    4/5/2011 House • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/07/11, 8:00 am, 404 HOB
    4/7/2011 House • Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -HJ 591
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 591
    4/26/2011 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/11
    4/28/2011 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 891
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    5/2/2011 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 987
    • Passed; YEAS 85 NAYS 32 -HJ 987
    5/2/2011 Senate • In Messages
    5/7/2011 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Messages

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  • HB 7131, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/22/2011 at 5:12 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/7/2011 (pdf)

    Floor Votes (2)

    Date Chamber Result
    5/2/2011 1:34 PM House 109 Yeas - 1 Nays
    5/2/2011 1:45 PM House 85 Yeas - 32 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    448.05 Seats to be furnished for employees in stores; penalty. Page 1 (pdf)

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