2008 House Bill 5902

Mandate employers give crime victim time off for defendant’s trial

Introduced in the House

March 13, 2008

Introduced by Rep. Andy Coulouris (D-95)

To mandate that employers with at least 26 employees grant an employee who has been a crime victim involving a juvenile perpertrator up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to attend the trial of the defendant.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary

April 9, 2008

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

April 22, 2008

Substitute offered by Rep. Paul Condino (D-35)

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R-80)

To limit the scope of this bill to employers with more than 50 employees.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R-80)

To reduce the leave time the bill would mandate by the amount of leave an employee has already taken under a law that mandates employee leave on the birth or adoption of a child.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R-80)

To limit the mandate to an employee who has been on the job for at least a year.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R-80)

To not require an employer to grant the bill would otherwise mandate if the employee's absense would create an undue hardship on the business.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R-80)

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R-80)

To remove a provision requiring an employee seeking leave under the bill's mandate to provide the employer with a prosecutor's statement that the employee is a crime victim, and instead just require this notice be a copy of the statement prosecutors already give victims explaining the procedural steps in processing a juvenile case.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R-80)

To eliminate a provision that would require a prosecutor to notify a victim of his or her rights under the bill's proposed mandate, and require a court to take the victim's work schedule into consideration when scheduling a proceeding.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 72 to 35 (details)

Received in the Senate

April 24, 2008

Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Tourism