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
    
    
    Last Action: 5/2/2014 Senate - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
        
        Senate Committee References:
        
- Community Affairs (CA)
 - Judiciary (JU)
 - Rules (RC)
 
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 |