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BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 1947: Employer gift/marital status

Allowing employers to make gifts based on marital status.

Summary

  • Exempts an employer from unfair practice laws if he or she provides gifts to employees based on marital status, as long as no individual employee receives a gift valued at more than one thousand dollars in a calendar year.

From the Bill Digest (HB 1947), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 3, 2017
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
John Koster (R-39)
Introduced
February 3, 2017 in the House
Last action
January 8, 2018

AN ACT Relating to employers making gifts based on marital status;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: John Koster (R-39)

1 co-sponsor (0 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Matt Shea R-4

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1947 in other sessions

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