BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

SB 5725: Airline cabin crews

Clarifying the application of the industrial welfare act and minimum wage act to airline cabin crews.

Summary

Excludes cabin crew employees covered by certain collective bargaining agreements from meal and rest break and wage payment interval requirements of the Industrial Welfare Act.
Specifies that for any legal action for meal and rest break violations prior to the effective date of the bill, cabin crew employees may not collect fees, fines, or penalties, and only named plaintiffs may recover damages.
Provides that certain hours worked by cabin crew employees covered by collective bargaining agreements are excluded from overtime pay requirements.

From the House Bill Analysis 2023 (SB 5725), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

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

AN ACT Relating to clarifying the application of the industrial welfare act and minimum wage act to airline cabin crews;

Passed March 7, 2023

Version voted on: SB 5725

48 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	28	0	0	1
Republican	20	0	0	0

How each member voted

Jan 8, 2024Senate Rules "X" file.
Jan 8, 2024By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Apr 23, 2023By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
Mar 9, 2023First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
Mar 7, 2023Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
Mar 7, 2023Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Mar 3, 2023Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 16, 2023LC - Majority; do pass.
Feb 16, 2023Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 8, 2023First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

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

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SB 5725 (2019–20) Driving record abstracts · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5725 (2017–18) Public facilities mitigation · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5725 (2015–16) Surplus lines of insurance · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5725 (2013–14) Social worker licensing · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5725 (2011–12) STEM teacher certification · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5725 (2009–10) Organ transplants · Enacted · Chapter 487, Laws of 2009