Increases prenotification time and requires severance pay in certain plant closings, transfers, and mass layoffs.**
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2018
Committee Review
Dec 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
General Assembly Passage
Jan 2020
Governor
Introduced Nov 26, 2018
Last action Jan 13, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Dec 16, 2019
How they voted
27–13
Passed
Total votes 40
Dec 16, 2019
D
Democratic26
96% Yea
R
Republican14
85% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Jan 13, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (29-0)
upper
Jan 13, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (55-21-0)
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Lower · Passed
Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Milam)
lower
Dec 16, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (27-13)
upper
Dec 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Feb 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Feb 7, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Jan 15, 2019
Committee
Transferred to Senate Commerce Committee
upper
Nov 26, 2018
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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