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CS/CS/SB 926: Wage Theft

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Judiciary ; Simpson

Wage Theft; Expanding the original jurisdiction of county courts; describing the occurrence of a wage theft; authorizing an aggrieved employee to initiate a civil action for wage theft; granting county courts original and exclusive jurisdiction over actions involving wage theft; preempting regulation of wage theft to the state after a specified date; exempting certain counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
 Last Action: 5/2/2014 Senate - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/7/2014 Senate • Filed
    2/10/2014 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 74
    2/28/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/05/14, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
    3/4/2014 Senate • Introduced -SJ 74
    3/5/2014 Senate • Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 -SJ 206
    • Now in Judiciary -SJ 206
    3/13/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/18/14, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
    3/20/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/25/14, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
    3/25/2014 Senate • CS by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 356
    3/27/2014 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Rules -SJ 356
    3/28/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/02/14, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    4/1/2014 Senate • CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 364
    4/2/2014 Senate • CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 8 NAYS 7 -SJ 443
    4/3/2014 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 447
    4/7/2014 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 443
    4/11/2014 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/14
    4/23/2014 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 583
    4/28/2014 Senate • Retained on Calendar
    5/2/2014 Senate • Died on Calendar

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  • CS/CS/SB 926, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/10/2014 at 4:26 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 957 (c1) Local Regulation of Wage Theft Combee Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in Local and Federal Affairs Committee
    Location: In committee/council (LFAC)     		Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (9)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    346950 - Amendment
    Between lines 37 and 38 insert:     		Clemens 4/22/2014
    4:50 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    677562 - Amendment
    Between lines 37 and 38 insert:     		Bullard 4/22/2014
    6:22 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    979238 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Soto 4/22/2014
    9:03 AM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 658216 - Amendment to Amendment (979238)
    Between lines 4 and 5 insert:     		Clemens 4/22/2014
    4:50 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 741302 - Amendment to Amendment (979238)
    Between lines 4 and 5 insert:     		Bullard 4/22/2014
    4:56 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 275158 - Substitute Amendment (Delete All) (979238)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Simpson 4/22/2014
    4:53 PM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 470256 - Amendment to Substitute Amendment (275158)
    Between lines 5 and 6 insert:     		Bullard 4/23/2014
    8:04 AM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 826886 - Amendment to Substitute Amendment (275158)
    Between lines 5 and 6 insert:     		Clemens 4/23/2014
    8:35 AM     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 241760 - Amendment to Substitute Amendment (275158)
    Delete lines 6 - 73 and insert:     		Soto 4/23/2014
    9:11 AM     		Web Page
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    34.01 Jurisdiction of county court. Page 1 (pdf)
    448.115 Page 2 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 926, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/27/2014 at 11:43 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/1/2014 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/3/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 957 (c1) Local Regulation of Wage Theft Combee Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in Local and Federal Affairs Committee
    Location: In committee/council (LFAC)     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (4)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    401526 - Amendment
    Between lines 127 and 128 insert:     		Rules
    (Richter)     		4/2/2014
    3:28 PM     		Withdrawn
    4/3/2014     		Web Page
    PDF
    309326 - Amendment
    Delete lines 128 - 130 and insert:     		Rules
    (Richter)     		4/2/2014
    3:30 PM     		Withdrawn
    4/3/2014     		Web Page
    PDF
    182618 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Rules
    (Richter)     		4/2/2014
    3:30 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/3/2014     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 974662 - Amendment to Amendment (182618)
    Between lines 95 and 96 insert:     		Rules
    (Latvala)     		4/2/2014
    5:09 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/3/2014     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/2/2014 4:00 PM Rules 8 Yeas - 7 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    448.111 Page 1 (pdf)

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  • SB 926, Original Filed Version Posted 2/7/2014 at 1:19 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/4/2014 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/5/2014 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/24/2014 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 3/27/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 957 (c1) Local Regulation of Wage Theft Combee Similar Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in Local and Federal Affairs Committee
    Location: In committee/council (LFAC)     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (4)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    699372 - Amendment
    Delete lines 32 - 74 and insert:     		Judiciary
    (Soto)     		3/24/2014
    3:06 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/27/2014     		Web Page
    PDF
    934934 - Amendment
    Delete line 41 and insert:     		Judiciary
    (Ring)     		3/24/2014
    6:23 PM     		Withdrawn
    3/27/2014     		Web Page
    PDF
    136984 - Amendment
    Between lines 74 and 75 insert:     		Judiciary
    (Soto)     		3/18/2014
    7:26 AM     		Unfavorable
    3/27/2014     		Web Page
    PDF
    635492 - Amendment
    Delete line 74 and insert:     		Judiciary
    (Ring)     		3/24/2014
    6:22 PM     		Withdrawn
    3/27/2014     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    3/5/2014 1:30 PM Community Affairs 6 Yeas - 3 Nays
    3/25/2014 9:00 AM Judiciary 9 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    448.111 Page 1 (pdf)

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