SB 759-FN (2020): relative to employers provision of reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees.
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SB 759-FN (2020)
relative to employers provision of reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees.
- Status: Died on the table
- Term: 2019-2020
- Senate committee: Commerce
- Subject: Discrimination
The Story
It was introduced on February 13, 2020 and referred to the Senate Commerce committee. The committee held a public hearing on March 3, 2020. The committee voted unanimously, 5–0, to recommend that the Senate pass it with changes (amendment 2020-1061s), and the report was placed on the consent calendar. On March 11, 2020 the Senate adopted “Special Order to 03/12/2020, Without Objection”. The committee's amendment (2020-1061s) was adopted on a voice vote on March 12, 2020, changing the text of the bill. On March 12, 2020 the Senate voted to pass it with changes and ordered it to a third reading.
Sponsors
- Sen. Jeb Bradley (R - SD3) (prime sponsor)
- Sen. James Gray (R - SD6)
- Sen. Sharon Carson (R - SD14)
- Sen. Ruth Ward (R - SD8)
- Sen. David Starr (R - SD1)
- Sen. Bob Giuda (R - SD2)
- Sen. Cindy Rosenwald (D - SD13)
- Sen. Martha Hennessey (D - SD5)
- Sen. Jeanne Dietsch (D - SD9)
- Sen. Melanie Levesque (D - SD12)
- Sen. Shannon Chandley (D - SD11)
- Sen. Jay Kahn (D - SD10)
- Rep. Erin Hennessey (R - Graf 1)
- Rep. Debra DeSimone (R - Rock 14)
- Rep. William Marsh (D - Carr 8)
Hearings and Sessions
- March 3, 2020, 2:15 PM: hearing, Senate Commerce, SH 103
Votes
- March 12, 2020, Senate: Ought to Pass with Amendment — yeas 24, nays 0, passed
The Docket
- February 13, 2020: Introduced 02/13/2020 and Referred to Commerce
- March 3, 2020: Hearing: 03/03/2020, Room 103, SH, 02:15 pm
- March 11, 2020: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2020-1061s , 03/11/2020; Vote 5-0; CC
- March 11, 2020: Sen. Morse Moved to Remove SB 759 from the Consent Calendar; 03/11/2020
- March 11, 2020: Special Order to 03/12/2020, Without Objection, MA; 03/11/2020
- March 12, 2020: Committee Amendment #2020-1061s , AA, VV; 03/12/2020
- March 12, 2020: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2020-1061s, RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/12/2020
- June 30, 2020: Introduced and Laid on Table MA VV 06/30/2020
- September 23, 2020: Died on Table
Laws It Would Change
Related Bills
- HB 610-FN (2021): requiring certain licensing and reporting functions be conducted through the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry, relative to background investigations of trust officers, to certain filing fees, assessments, and interest rates, and to the transmission of consumer complaints by the banking department, requiring employers to provide certain workplace accommodations for employees, establishing the New Hampshire housing and conservation planning program, and relative to the collaborative care model service delivery method.
- SB 68 (2022): requiring an employer to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees.