The following actions were taken on April 12 in the House on House bill HB905 ("anti-harassment task force"): "House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee" and "Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee".
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 House by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D-17) on Jan. 25, "creates the Private Sector Workplace Anti-Harassment Task Force Act" and "creates the Private Sector Workplace Anti-Harassment Task Force," according to the General Assembly website.
The following house representatives also co-sponsored the bill: Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (D-40), Monica Bristow (D-111), Kelly M. Burke (D-36), Jonathan Carroll (D-57), John Connor (D-85), Terra Costa Howard (D-48), Fred Crespo (D-44), Daniel Didech (D-59), Mary Edly-Allen (D-51), Sonya M. Harper (D-6), Thaddeus Jones (D-29), Joyce Mason (D-61), Martin J. Moylan (D-55), Diane Pappas (D-45), Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. (D-5), Justin Slaughter (D-27), Mark L. Walker (D-53) and Linda Chapa LaVia (D-83).
The table below shows a history of actions for this bill through April 12.
Actions
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
Second Reading - Short Debate
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Pappas
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee(by Voice Vote
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
Assigned to Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz