BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

HB 2332: Wage violations, damages for

Providing damages for wage violations.

Summary

Provides that an employer that unlawfully collects a rebate from an employee's wages or willfully pays an employee lower wages than required is liable for triple damages, rather than double, in a civil action.
Removes the provision in the damages statute that bars an employee from obtaining higher damages if the employee knowingly submitted to the wage violation.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2332), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate

AN ACT Relating to damages for wage violations;

Passed February 11, 2014

Version voted on: HB 2332

53 Yea 45 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	52	3	0	0
Republican	1	42	0	0

How each member voted

Mar 13, 2014By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
Feb 13, 2014First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.
Feb 11, 2014Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0.
Feb 11, 2014Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Jan 30, 2014Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Jan 28, 2014Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Jan 24, 2014LWD - Executive action taken by committee.
Jan 24, 2014Minority; do not pass.
Jan 24, 2014LWD - Majority; do pass.
Jan 15, 2014First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

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

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