AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES--OVERTIME
Summary
Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 26, 2025
Last action Apr 9, 2025
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Apr 9, 2025
Committee
04/09/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 2, 2025
Legislature · Passed
03/02/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/05/2025)
legislature
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced
02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Labor
lower
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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