AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Increases the criminal penalties for wage theft and employee misclassification.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2021
Last action Mar 3, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 3, 2021
Committee
03/03/2021 Referred to House Judiciary
lower
Mar 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
03/02/2021 Senate read and passed
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Legislature · Passed
02/24/2021 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Feb 5, 2021
Introduced
02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor
upper
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alana DiMario
DDemocratic
P
Bridget Valverde
DDemocratic
P
DR
Dominick Ruggerio
DDemocratic
P
Frank Ciccone
DDemocratic
P
Frank Lombardo
DDemocratic
P
Lou DiPalma
DDemocratic
P
Maryellen Goodwin
DDemocratic
P
Meghan Kallman
DDemocratic
P
Melissa Murray
DDemocratic
P
Michael J. McCaffrey
DDemocratic
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