EMPLOYEE FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Session: 103rd General Assembly
Year: 2024
Bill #: SB3649
Category: Labor, Personnel and Pensions
Position: No position
Mandate?
Revenue Loss?
Authority Preemption?

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Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that an employer shall be assessed a civil penalty of $1,000 for each violation of the Act. Provides that, upon a reasonable belief that an employer covered by the Act is in violation of any part of the Act, an employee or interested party may assert that a violation of this Act has occurred and bring an action for penalties in the county where the violation is alleged to have occurred or where the principal office of the employer is located, pursuant to a specified sequence of events. Provides that nothing in the Act: (1) prohibits a political organization, a political party organization, a caucus organization, a candidate's political organization, or a specified not-for-profit organization from requiring its staff or employees to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or participate in any communication with the employer or the employer's agent, representative or designee for the purpose of communicating the employer's political tenets or purposes; (2) prohibits the General Assembly or a State or local legislative or regulatory body from requiring their employees to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or participate in any communication with the employer or the employer's agent, representative, or designee for the purpose of communicating the employer's proposals to change legislation, proposals to change regulations, or proposals to change public policy; or (3) prohibits a religious organization from requiring its employees to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or participate in any communication with the employer or the employer's agent, representative or designee for the purpose of communicating the employer's religious beliefs, practices, or tenets. Defines "interested party" and "voluntary". Makes other changes.



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