Relates to the promotion of employment of people with disabilities
This bill creates a new task force within the Department of Labor to help state agencies hire and keep people with disabilities in competitive jobs. The group will consist of 16 members appointed by the governor, including representatives from various state departments, labor unions, businesses, and individuals with disabilities. Their main job is to study unemployment issues, review existing programs, and develop strategies to improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The task force must meet at least four times a year and submit a report with recommendations to state leaders within two years of starting.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2023
Committee Review
May 2024
Assembly Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 6, 2023
Last action May 22, 2024
Floor votes · Assembly May 22, 2024
How they voted
145–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 149
May 22, 2024
D
Democratic102
97% Yea
R
Republican47
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Amendments
2
May 22, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO DISABILITIES
upper
May 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 20, 2024
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
May 16, 2024
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
May 10, 2024
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 6397A
lower
May 10, 2024
Lower · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
lower
Jan 3, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
lower
Apr 6, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chris Burdick
DDemocratic/Independence/Working Families
Co
Andrew Hevesi
DDemocratic
Co
Dana Levenberg
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Inez Dickens
DDemocratic
Co
Jessica González-Rojas
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Juan Ardila
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Keith Brown
RRepublican/Conservative/Independence
Co
Nader Sayegh
DDemocratic
Co
Rebecca Seawright
DDemocratic
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