Introduced
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To prohibit an employer from requiring its employees to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or participate in any communication if the primary purpose is to communicate the employer's opinion about religious or political matters, except as necessary to comply with another law. Employees would be allowed to sue collect “exemplary damages.” The bill would not apply to employees of a religious, political, or labor organization.
Referred to the Committee on Labor
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
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To revise an exemption to the prohibitions the bill proposes for meetings or communications directed at employees of a religious, political, or labor organization. It would only allow the exemptions for employees of religious and political organizations.
The amendment failed 48 to 56 (details)
Passed in the House 58 to 49 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Tourism
