AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENTS OF WAGES (Increases the criminal penalties for wage theft and employee misclassification.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Jun 2022
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 24, 2022
Last action Jun 7, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2022
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Jun 2, 2022
D
Democratic30
100% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jun 7, 2022
Committee
06/07/2022 Referred to House Judiciary
lower
Jun 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
06/02/2022 Senate read and passed
upper
May 24, 2022
Legislature · Passed
05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage
legislature
May 12, 2022
Committee
05/12/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 24, 2022
Introduced
03/24/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Michael J. McCaffrey
DDemocratic
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