AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES
Summary
Eliminates prescribed timelines for hearing and determination in certain enforcement actions before the department labor and training to align with reasonable practice.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Mar 5, 2026
Signed Jun 23, 2026
Floor votes · Senate May 28, 2026
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
May 28, 2026
D
Democratic32
93% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Jun 23, 2026
Signed into law
06/23/2026 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 8, 2026
Lower · Passed
06/08/2026 House passed as amended in concurrence
lower
May 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
05/28/2026 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment)
upper
May 26, 2026
Legislature · Passed
05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 15, 2026
Committee
04/15/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 5, 2026
Introduced
03/05/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Andrew Dimitri
DDemocratic
P
Brian Thompson
DDemocratic
P
Lou Raptakis
DDemocratic
P
Stefano Famiglietti
DDemocratic
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