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BILL · 1991–92 SESSION

HB 2787: Employment termination

Requiring good cause to terminate employment close to pension or health benefit qualification.

Summary

  • Provides that an employer may not terminate an employee within one year of an employee vesting for a pension or benefits, or terminate an employee within sixty days before the employee qualifies for health benefits, without good cause. Authorizes an action in superior court for any violations.

From the Bill Digest (HB 2787), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 28, 1992
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Georgette Valle (D-34)
Introduced
January 28, 1992 in the House
Last action
January 28, 1992

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Georgette Valle (D-34)

15 co-sponsors (15 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Michael Heavey D-34June Leonard D-11Jesse Wineberry D-43Ron Meyers D-26Evan Jones D-24Ken Jacobsen D-46R Wesley Pruitt D-26Richard Nelson D-32Karen Fraser D-22Robert Basich D-19Margarita Prentice D-11Senator D-35Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36Rosa Franklin D-29Joanne Brekke D-32

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

HB 2787 in other sessions

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