Government Relations

PURPOSE:

The Government Relations Committee is responsible for keeping abreast of legislation that affects human resource issues on a national, state, and local level. They keep LHRMA apprised of relevant state and national legislative issues, make recommendations to the LHRMA Board, write letters, testify on behalf of LHRMA, or take other appropriate action based on LHRMA’s position.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide legislative affairs reports to members at chapter meetings.
Maintain contact with state legislators and members of Congress.
Monitor state and local government activities and provide timely information on public policy issues to his/her chapter president, chapter members, and the State Legislative Affairs Director.
Initiate action in response to SHRM legislative alerts.
Issue legislative alerts to members on state and local issues.
Work in close cooperation with the State Legislative Affairs Director, Area Legislative Affairs Director, and the SHRM National headquarters staff.

RECENT INITIATIVES:

Monitored the introduction of the legislative bills from the 104^th Legislative session and prepared a summary for members, which was posted on the LHRMA website.
Selected bill hearings were monitored by committee members.
Posted updates of the bill progress provided by the State Legislative Director throughout the legislative session.
Provided legislative updates at monthly chapter meetings.
Prepared a newsletter article to summarize the impact of the 2015 Legislative session.

STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION UPDATES:

Click below for full summaries of the employment-related bills:

April 16, 2019
March 1, 2019
February 20, 2019
February 6, 2019
January 30, 2019
January 15, 2019
October 15, 2018
July 30, 2018
July 03, 2018
May 24, 2018
April 6, 2018
March 16, 2018 Update
March 9, 2018 Update
February 9, 2018 Update
February 2, 2018 Update
December 20, 2017 Update
December 7, 2017 Update
November 13, 2017 Update
October 5, 2017 Update
September 22, 2017 Update
September 1, 2017 Update
June 29, 2017 Update (Legislative Update)
May 25, 2017 Update (last State Update of the 2017 session)
May 15, 2017 Update
May 5, 2017 Update
April 21, 2017 Update
April 13, 2017 Update
- Legislative Bill 203 Summary
April 6, 2017 Update
March 23, 2017 Update
March 17, 2017 Update
March 12, 2017 Update
March 2, 2017 Update

LEGISLATIVE RESOURCES:

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Members of the Government Relations Committee assist with reviewing introduced legislation, prepare bill summaries, monitor and summarize state bill hearings, write letters to elected representatives about the potential impact of proposed legislation and attend committee meetings during the legislative season. Government Relations Committee members: