Requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy or childbirth and providing civil penalties

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedMarch 1, 2021
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 18, 2022
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeMarch 1, 2021
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on May 24, 2022. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

Senate subcommittee

Named January 18, 2022. On January 25, 2022 it recommended amendment and passage.

• Sen. J. Taylor
• Sen. Nate Boulton D
• Sen. Dawn Driscoll REmail

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

Fiscal note

Cost: up to $166,000 Compare with other bills

Senate File 485 is estimated to increase the cost to the IWD by $135,000 in FY 2022, and $166,000 in FY 2023 and subsequent fiscal years. 1% in the out-years. Funding is expected to come from the General Fund.

• Pregnancy and Childbirth, Reasonable Employment Accommodations · March 3, 2021

Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note