Maryland House Bill 595 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-03-23 - Referred to interim study by Economic Matters
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expanding a provision of law prohibiting an employer from discharging a covered employee who files a claim for workers' compensation to include prohibiting the employer from retaliating in any way against the covered employee; applying a specified criminal penalty to a violation of the Act; authorizing a covered employee aggrieved by a specified violation to bring a civil action against the employer; authorizing a court to grant specified relief if the trier of fact in a specified action finds in favor of the employee; etc.

Workers' Compensation - Retaliation by Employer - Prohibition

Del. Dereck Davis [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-23	House	Referred to interim study by Economic Matters
2013-02-26	House	Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2013-01-31	House	First Reading Economic Matters

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0595?ys=2013rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/bills/hb/hb0595f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/fnotes/bil_0005/hb0595.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/votes_comm/hb0595_ecm.pdf