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NC S127
Bill
AI Summary
- Established state employee duty to report violations of state or federal law, fraud, misappropriation of state resources, substantial danger to public health and safety, and gross mismanagement to supervisors or appropriate authorities
- Prohibited state agency heads and supervisory employees from retaliating against employees who report violations verbally or in writing, unless the employee knew or had reason to believe the report was inaccurate
- Extended retaliation protections to peer-to-peer conduct, prohibiting state employees from retaliating against coworkers for reporting violations or refusing to carry out illegal directives
- Protected employees who report violations to the State Auditor, Program Evaluation Division, or legislative panels appointed by the President Pro Tempore and/or Speaker of the House
- Required state agency heads to notify employees of these protections upon enactment; effective July 4, 2019
Legislative Description
Protect Governmental Accountability
Last Action
Ch. SL 2019-80
7/4/2019
Committee Referrals
Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House6/19/2019
Judiciary6/17/2019
Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House4/18/2019
Judiciary3/12/2019
Rules and Operations of the Senate2/26/2019
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