Establishing labor protections for domestic workers.

The bill number was changed from H-2597.3 to H-3278.1, and the title was updated to 'Substitute House Bill 2355' to reflect its progression through the legislative process.

The exclusion for babysitters was refined to specifically exclude only those performing work on an 'irregular and uncertain basis,' implying that regular or structured babysitting may now fall under the bill's protections.

A minor grammatical correction was made to the prohibition against paying lower wages, changing 'Willfully and with intent' to 'Willfully, with intent' for better legal phrasing.

The requirement for withholding compensation was updated to clarify that it applies when 'empowered to do so' by law, rather than 'empowered so to do'.

The structure of Section 5 was changed from a numbered list to lettered sub-sections (a through f) to improve readability and organization of prohibited conduct.

Section 5 was expanded to include a new subsection allowing the department to adopt additional remedies for violations and apply existing enforcement sections to those new remedies.

The deadline for appealing a department order was clarified to specify that the 30-day window starts 'of the department's issuance of the assessment' rather than just the citation itself.

The statute of limitations for investigations was slightly broadened by removing the specific exclusion for 'all other violations,' while retaining the three-year limit for the general complaint.