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BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

SB 5840: Minimum wage & OT complaints

Creating a good faith defense for certain minimum wage and overtime compensation complaints.

Summary

  • Addresses minimum wage and overtime compensation complaints.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 21, 2011
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jeff Baxter (R-4)
Introduced
February 21, 2011 in the Senate
Last action
April 11, 2012
Companion bill
HB 1532

AN ACT Relating to minimum wage and overtime compensation complaints;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jeff Baxter (R-4)

8 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 8 Republicans)

Don Benton R-17Val Stevens R-39Dan Swecker R-20Mike Hewitt R-16Mark Schoesler R-9Senator R-15Linda Evans Parlette R-12Curtis King R-14

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  6. First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

SB 5840 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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