l9n/ Connecticut

2016 Regular Session

Senate Bill 197

AN ACT CONCERNING VETERANS, DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES AND ORDERS OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CASES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 22, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) protect against certain discriminatory practices on the basis of an individual's status as a veteran, and (2) require the presiding officer at a hearing conducted upon a complaint of a discriminatory employment practice, and upon a finding of such practice, to determine the full extent of damages suffered and costs incurred by the complainant.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

2 co-sponsors

Mae Flexer, Terry B. Gerratana

In the House of Representatives

    2 co-sponsors

    Minnie Gonzalez, Robert Sanchez

    Its course

    February 18 to April 22, 2016, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action20 actions on 11 days

    In the SenateFeb 18 to Apr 2062 days

    Judiciary CommitteeApr 6 to Apr 115 days

    In the House of RepresentativesApr 20 to Apr 22 · stopped2 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Apr 20

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Feb 18 – Apr 20

    1. Introduced and sent to Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
    2. Heard in Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
    3. Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. Sent to Judiciary Committee
    5. Judiciary Committee recommended it
    6. The Senate adopted Senate Amendment A
    7. Passed the Senate with Senate Amendment A

    In the House of Representatives Apr 22

    1. Arrived in the House of Representatives
    All 20 actions, as published