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• Introduced by Sen. Dewight Y. Takamine (D) on January 28, 2009, requires certain employers to retain employees who were displaced from an employer by divestiture through a transfer of a covered establishment to a new employer.
  • Referred to the Senate Committee on Labor on January 28, 2009.
    • Amendment offered in the Senate on February 19, 2009, to make technical changes. The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on February 19, 2009.
• Passed 23 to 1 in the Senate on March 6, 2009, to force private business to retain and pay certain employees that they no longer need for heir operations.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on March 6, 2009.
  • Referred to the House Labor & Public Employment Committee on March 10, 2009.
    • Amendment offered in the House on March 13, 2009, to make technical changes. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 13, 2009.
    • Referred to the House Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business & Military Affairs on March 18, 2009.