AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- INSPECTION OF PERSONNEL FILES
Summary
Expands the obligations of employers to create, maintain and retain their employees' personnel records, it requires that records be retained for at least 3 years after employee's termination. It also increases the financial penalties for each violation.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2026
Last action Feb 5, 2026
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
02/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 30, 2026
Introduced
01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to House Labor
lower
7 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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