TO ESTABLISH THE EMPOWER INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS ACT OF 2019; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF THE LAW IMPACTING INITIATED ACT 4 OF 1948; AND TO AMEND DEFINITIONS OF "EMPLOYEE", "EMPLOYMENT", AND "EMPLOYMENT STATUS" WITHIN TITLE 11.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
House Passage
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
Signed into Law
Apr 2019
Introduced Mar 15, 2019
Signed Apr 17, 2019
Floor votes · House Mar 28, 2019
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Apr 17, 2019
Signed into law
Notification that HB1850 is now Act 1055
lower
Apr 9, 2019
Lower · Passed
Returned From the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 9, 2019
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 15, 2019
Introduced
Filed
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Austin McCollum
RRepublican
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