BILL · 1999–00 SESSION
SB 5685: Wage payment violations
Increasing penalties for violations of wage payment laws.
Summary
- Finds that over twenty-five thousand state residents per year file cases and complaints with the department of labor and industries alleging they have been denied payment for work they performed. Each month an average of over one million dollars in back wages is sought by workers.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 3, 1999
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Margarita Prentice (D-11)
- Introduced
- February 3, 1999 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 10, 2000
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Margarita Prentice (D-11)
2 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
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 5685 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- SB 5685 (2013–14) Prevailing wage rate
- SB 5685 (2011–12) Public records violations