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• Introduced by Rep. Paul Condino (D) on March 13, 2008, to mandate that employers with at least 26 employees grant an employee who has been a crime victim up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to attend the trial of the defendant.
  • Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on March 13, 2008.
    • Reported in the House on April 9, 2008, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
  • Substitute offered by Rep. Paul Condino (D) on April 16, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on April 16, 2008.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on April 16, 2008, to limit the scope of this bill to employers with more than 50 employees. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on April 16, 2008.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on April 16, 2008, to reduce the leave time the bill would mandate by the amount of leave an employee has already taken under a law that mandates employee leave on the birth or adoption of a child. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on April 16, 2008.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Bruce Caswell (R) on April 16, 2008, to place a cap on attorney contingency fees in lawsuits filed by a criminal victim against the perpetrator. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on April 16, 2008.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on April 22, 2008, to limit the mandate to an employee who has been on the job for at least a year. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on April 22, 2008.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on April 22, 2008, to not require an employer to grant the bill would otherwise mandate if the employee's absense would create an undue hardship on the business. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on April 22, 2008.
  • Substitute offered in the House on April 22, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that includes cap on attorney contingency fees in lawsuits filed by a criminal victim against the perpetrator, and limits the scope of this bill to employers with more than 50 employees. The substitute failed in the House (49 to 58) on April 22, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker (R) on April 22, 2008, to eliminate a provision that would require a prosecutor to notify a victim of his or her rights under the bill's proposed mandate, and require a court to take the victim's work schedule into consideration when scheduling a proceeding. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on April 22, 2008.
• Passed in the House (98 to 9) on April 22, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on April 24, 2008.
  • Referred to the Senate Commerce & Tourism Committee on April 24, 2008.