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2005 SESSION

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HB 2638 Wages; employer who fails or refuses to pay wages is guilty of embezzlement.

Introduced by: Adam P. Ebbin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Failure or refusal to pay wages; penalty.  Provides that an employer who fraudulently fails or refuses to pay wages is guilty of a Class 6 felony if the amount of wages is $10,000 or more or if it is a second or subsequent conviction.  Under current law the refusal to pay wages is a Class 1 misdemeanor regardless of the amount. The bill also provides the determination as to the "value of the wages earned" shall be made by combining all wages the employer failed or refused to pay.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/05  House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 058955300  pdf | impact statements
• 02/04/05  House: Committee substitute printed 055499300-H1  pdf | impact statements
• 02/24/05  Senate: Floor substitute printed 053869820-S1 (Stolle)  pdf | impact statement
• 02/26/05  House: Conference substitute printed 050625300-H2  pdf
• 03/07/05  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2638ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/31/05  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0595)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate amendments rejected
• Conference amendments

HISTORY

• 01/12/05  House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 058955300
• 01/12/05  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/31/05  House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (15-Y 4-N)
• 01/31/05  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/01/05  House: Assigned to App. sub-committee: Public Safety
• 02/03/05  House: Reported from Appropriations with sub (20-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/05  House: Committee substitute printed 055499300-H1
• 02/05/05  House: Read first time
• 02/07/05  House: Read second time
• 02/07/05  House: Committee substitute agreed to 055499300-H1
• 02/07/05  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2638H1
• 02/08/05  House: Read third time and passed House (74-Y 23-N)
• 02/08/05  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (74-Y 23-N)
• 02/08/05  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/09/05  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/09/05  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/21/05  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/05  Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
• 02/21/05  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 2-N)
• 02/22/05  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/05  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/05  Senate: Read third time
• 02/23/05  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/24/05  Senate: Read third time
• 02/24/05  Senate: Passed by temporarily
• 02/24/05  Senate: Amendments by Sen. Stolle withdrawn
• 02/24/05  Senate: Floor substitute printed 053869820-S1 (Stolle)
• 02/24/05  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/24/05  Senate: Substitute by Sen. Stolle agreed to 053869820-S1
• 02/24/05  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB2638S1
• 02/24/05  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 2-N)
• 02/24/05  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (36-Y 2-N)
• 02/24/05  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/24/05  House: Senate substitute rejected by House (10-Y 83-N)
• 02/24/05  House: VOTE: REJECTED (10-Y 83-N)
• 02/24/05  Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/05  Senate: VOTE: INSIST & REQUEST (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/05  Senate: Senate requested conference committee
• 02/24/05  House: House acceded to request
• 02/24/05  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 02/24/05  House: Delegates: Ebbin, Griffith, Athey
• 02/24/05  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 02/24/05  Senate: Senators: Stolle, Williams, Saslaw
• 02/26/05  House: Conference substitute printed 050625300-H2
• 02/26/05  House: Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 4-N)
• 02/26/05  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (91-Y 4-N)
• 02/26/05  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
• 02/26/05  Senate: VOTE: CONF. COMMITTEE RPT. (38-Y 2-N)
• 03/07/05  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2638ER)
• 03/09/05  House: Enrolled
• 03/09/05  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/11/05  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/22/05  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 595 (effective 7/1/05)
• 03/31/05  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0595)