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2020 SESSION
HB 123 Nonpayment of wages; cause of action, civil penalty.
Introduced by: Jennifer Carroll Foy | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Nonpayment of wages; cause of action; penalties. Provides that an employee has a private cause of action against an employer who fails to pay wages to recover the amount of wages due plus interest at eight percent annually from the date the wages were due. If the court finds that the employer knowingly failed to pay wages to an employee, the court shall award the employee (i) reasonable attorney fees and other costs and (ii) an amount equal to triple the amount of wages due.
FULL TEXT
- 12/16/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101396D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106941D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20106941D-EH1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/25/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108922D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB123ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0868) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments not adopted
HISTORY
- 12/16/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101396D
- 12/16/19 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/14/20 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/28/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N)
- 01/30/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106941D-H1
- 01/30/20 House: Incorporates HB482 (Kory)
- 01/30/20 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (10-Y 8-N)
- 02/03/20 House: Read first time
- 02/04/20 House: Read second time
- 02/04/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106941D-H1
- 02/04/20 House: Amendment by Delegate Carroll Foy agreed to
- 02/04/20 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/04/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB123EH1
- 02/04/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20106941D-EH1
- 02/05/20 House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 44-N 1-A)
- 02/05/20 House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 44-N 1-A)
- 02/06/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/17/20 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/17/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/25/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 2-N)
- 02/25/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108922D-S1
- 02/26/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/20 Senate: Committee amendment rejected
- 02/27/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/27/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108922D-S1
- 02/27/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB123S1
- 02/27/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N)
- 03/02/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/02/20 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108922D-S1 (51-Y 45-N 1-A)
- 03/02/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 45-N 1-A)
- 03/05/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/05/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB123ER)
- 03/06/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/08/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 868 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/08/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0868)