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Subcommittee hears bill to bar firing employees solely for holding elected office; no vote taken
Summary
Representatives discussed a proposal to prohibit employers from terminating workers solely because they serve in elected office and to require unpaid leave for official duties. Committee took testimony but did not advance the bill.
House Bill 524 (as introduced in the subcommittee hearing) would prohibit employers from terminating a person solely because they are an elected official and would require unpaid leave for duties prescribed by the office. The Election Subcommittee heard testimony but did not take final action.
The bill sponsor argued the measure would protect public servants who hold outside employment from losing jobs for performing elected duties. "This simply provides that a person…
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