Legislature(2017 - 2018)BARNES 124
03/10/2017 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE
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| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| HB2 | |
| HB108 | |
| HB141 | |
| HB132 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | HB 132 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 14 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| += | HB 2 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 108 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 141 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HB 2-PRIV EMPLOYER VOLUNTARY VET PREFERENCE
3:16:48 PM
CHAIR KITO announced that the first order of business would be
HOUSE BILL NO. 2, "An Act relating to a voluntary preference for
veterans by private employers." [Before the committee was CSHB
2(MLV).]
3:17:21 PM
VERDIE BOWEN, Director, Office of Veteran Affairs, Department of
Military & Veterans Affairs, offered support for HB 2 due to the
effects it will have on communities when private employers
provide [voluntary preference for members of the National Guard
and veterans], and because it also provides legal cover that
employers may need in providing this preference. This law, if
passed, would fall in line with 37 other states also providing
this coverage, he offered.
3:18:40 PM
ROBERT DOEHL, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Military &
Veterans Affairs (DMVA), said he would like to reiterate Mr.
Bowen's comments, and that the Department of Military & Veterans
Affairs (DMVA) strongly supports this legislation in removing a
legal impediment to private employers that public employers are
currently allowed to provide.
CHAIR KITO closed public testimony on HB 2.
3:19:20 PM
REPRESENTATIVE WOOL moved to report CSHB 2, labeled 30-LS0071\D
out of committee with individual recommendations and the
accompanying fiscal notes. There being no objection, CSHB
2(MLV) passed from the House Labor and Commerce Standing
Committee.