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 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Assembly Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2021
Last action Mar 31, 2022
Floor votes · Assembly Mar 31, 2022
How they voted
82–52
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 137
Mar 31, 2022
D
Democratic98
83% Yea
R
Republican39
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Mar 31, 2022
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
upper
Mar 31, 2022
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 4, 2021
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
lower
Jan 6, 2021
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Linda Rosenthal
DDemocratic
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