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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

SB 5200: Correctional officer OT

Limiting overtime for correctional officers.

Summary

  • Prohibits an employer from requiring a correctional officer to work overtime. The acceptance by a correctional officer of overtime is strictly voluntary and the refusal to accept overtime work is not grounds for discrimination, dismissal, discharge, or other penalty, threat of reports for discipline, or employment decision adverse to the correctional officer.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 15, 2019
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Karen Keiser (D-33)
Introduced
January 15, 2019 in the Senate
Last action
January 13, 2020
Companion bill
HB 1345
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to limiting overtime for correctional officers;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Karen Keiser (D-33)

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

SB 5200 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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