The Rules Committees is a powerful standing committee in the House controlled by the majority. All legislation is assigned to the Rules Committee as a kind of legislative filter that sorts the more-than-6,000 bills introduced each year. The committee considers the legislation and often assigns it to other committees in order to be heard by other lawmakers. Sometimes, legislation dies in the Rules Committee if the committee decides it does not merit further consideration.
In the event that a committee fails to report to the House on a bill by applicable deadlines, it is automatically re-referred to the Rules Committee according to House rule 19(a). This is what happened with this bill.
The bill, as it was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Melinda Bush (D-31) on Feb. 15, "creates the Workplace Transparency Act," according to the General Assembly website.
The following senators also co-sponsored the bill: Omar Aquino (D-2), Christopher Belt (D-57), Scott M. Bennett (D-52), Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D-49), Cristina Castro (D-22), Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-16), Rachelle Crowe (D-56), John J. Cullerton (D-6), Thomas Cullerton (D-23), Bill Cunningham (D-18), John F. Curran (R-41), Donald P. DeWitte (R-33), Laura Ellman (D-21), Laura Fine (D-9), Ann Gillespie (D-27), Suzy Glowiak (D-24), Don Harmon (D-39), Linda Holmes (D-42), Mattie Hunter (D-3), Toi W. Hutchinson (D-40), Emil Jones, III (D-14), David Koehler (D-46), Kimberly A. Lightford (D-4), Terry Link (D-30), Andy Manar (D-48), Iris Y. Martinez (D-20), Pat McGuire (D-43), Julie A. Morrison (D-29), John G. Mulroe (D-10), Antonio Muñoz (D-1), Laura M. Murphy (D-28), Robert Peters (D-13), Martin A. Sandoval (D-11), Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (D-17), Steve Stadelman (D-34), Heather A. Steans (D-7), Patricia Van Pelt (D-5), Ram Villivalam (D-8) and Craig Wilcox (R-32).
The following house representatives co-sponsored the bill: Carol Ammons (D-103), Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (D-40), Kelly M. Cassidy (D-14), John Connor (D-85), Deb Conroy (D-46), Terra Costa Howard (D-48), William Davis (D-30), Daniel Didech (D-59), Mary Edly-Allen (D-51), Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (D-33), Sara Feigenholtz (D-12), La Shawn K. Ford (D-8), Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D-17), Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-92), LaToya Greenwood (D-114), Will Guzzardi (D-39), Elizabeth Hernandez (D-24), Camille Y. Lilly (D-78), Theresa Mah (D-2), Robert Martwick (D-19), Joyce Mason (D-61), Bob Morgan (D-58), Martin J. Moylan (D-55), Aaron M. Ortiz (D-1), Diane Pappas (D-45), Robert Rita (D-28), Sue Scherer (D-96), Katie Stuart (D-112), Karina Villa (D-49), Celina Villanueva (D-21), Ann M. Williams (D-11) and Kathleen Willis (D-77).
The table below shows a history of actions for this bill through May 10.
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