HB 494

RELATING TO COERCION OF STATE EMPLOYEES

By Representative(s) PENDLETON; Auwae, Fox, Marumoto, Rath, Stegmaier, Whalen, Yoshinaga

Keywords: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS, OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PENAL CODE

Report Title: Coercion Of State Employees

Description: Makes it a crime to politically coerce a state employee. Prohibited activities include compelling a person to perform some non job-related activity, or threatening negative consequences for the continuation of any lawful activity such as political alignment or contribution.

 1-22-99        H Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 1-25-99        H Referred to the committees on 1. LAB 2. JHA 3. FIN ,        
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 1-19-00        H Carried over to 2000 Regular Session.