AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- PAYMENT OF WAGES (Allows an employee to establish a lien against an employer's property to aid the employee in collecting unpaid wages from the employer.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 13, 2019
Last action Apr 11, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Apr 10, 2019
How they voted
24–3
Passed
Total votes 27
Apr 10, 2019
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican2
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Apr 11, 2019
Committee
04/11/2019 Referred to House Labor
lower
Apr 10, 2019
Legislature · Passed
04/10/2019 Senate read and passed
legislature
Apr 3, 2019
Legislature · Passed
04/03/2019 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 6, 2019
Legislature · Passed
03/06/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 13, 2019
Introduced
02/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor
legislature
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Frank Ciccone
DDemocratic
P
Maryellen Goodwin
DDemocratic
P
Michael J. McCaffrey
DDemocratic
P
Sandra Cano
DDemocratic
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