Relates to securing payment of wages for work already performed; creates an employee lien
Summary
Relates to securing payment of wages for work already performed; creates a lien remedy for all employees; provides grounds for attachment; relates to procedures where employees may hold shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for wage theft; relates to rights for victims of wage theft to hold the ten members with the largest ownership interests in a company personally liable for wage theft.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Jul 2020
Senate Passage
Jul 2020
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Last action Jul 23, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jul 23, 2020
How they voted
39–20
Passed
Total votes 59
Jul 23, 2020
D
Democratic39
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jul 23, 2020
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
lower
Jul 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jul 20, 2020
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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