BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 6277: Bus drivers' compensation
Compensating certain bus drivers for employment in excess of a forty-hour work week.
Summary
- Bus drivers are not subject to the state's wage and hour laws if they are exempt from federal overtime provisions, their pay is more than 1 2 times the state = s minimum wage, and they are covered by a collective bargaining agreement which provides a uniform hourly wage intended to equal or exceed what would be received with overtime pay.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6277), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
- IntroducedJan 14, 1998
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Irv Newhouse (R-15)
- Introduced
- January 14, 1998 in the Senate
- Last action
- February 25, 1998
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Irv Newhouse (R-15)
7 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 4 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 6277 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 6277 (2025–26) Military families/education
- SB 6277 (2023–24) Transportation partnerships
- SB 6277 (2019–20) Sports wagering
- SB 6277 (2017–18) Graduated reentry program
- SB 6277 (2015–16) Presidential primary date
- SB 6277 (2013–14) Electrician cert./ltd energy
- SB 6277 (2011–12) Multiple-unit dwellings
- SB 6277 (2009–10) Disposition of human remains