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2016 SESSION
HB 1150 Wages; employer who willfully fails to pay, penalty.
Introduced by: Jeion A. Ward | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Willful failure to pay wages; penalty. Clarifies that wages owed to more than one employee may be aggregated in determining whether an employer's willful failure to pay wages is a misdemeanor or a felony. Currently, an employer who willfully and with intent to defraud fails or refuses to pay wages is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if the value of the unpaid wages is less than $10,000 and a Class 6 felony if the value of the unpaid wages is $10,000 or more.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/16 House: Presented and ordered printed 16103419D pdf | impact statements
- 02/10/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104971D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1150ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/13/16 House: Presented and ordered printed 16103419D
- 01/13/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/05/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/08/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/16 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104971D-H1
- 02/12/16 House: Read first time
- 02/15/16 House: Read second time
- 02/15/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16104971D-H1
- 02/15/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1150H1
- 02/16/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/02/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/16 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/16 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/08/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1150ER)
- 03/08/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
- 03/11/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 04/01/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 593 (effective 7/1/16)
- 04/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593)