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2024 SESSION
HB 990 Employer seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees; prohibited.
Introduced by: Michelle Lopes Maldonado | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Prohibiting employer seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees; wage or salary range transparency; cause of action. Prohibits a prospective employer from (i) seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee; (ii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in determining the wages or salary the prospective employee is to be paid upon hire; (iii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in considering the prospective employee for employment; (iv) refusing to interview, hire, employ, or promote a prospective employee or otherwise retaliating against a prospective employee for not providing wage or salary history; and (v) failing or refusing to disclose in each public and internal posting for each job, promotion, transfer, or other employment opportunity the wage, salary, or wage or salary range. The bill establishes a cause of action for an aggrieved prospective employee or employee and provides that an employer that violates such prohibitions is liable to the aggrieved prospective employee or employee for statutory damages between $1,000 and $10,000 or actual damages, whichever is greater, reasonable attorney fees and costs, and any other legal and equitable relief as may be appropriate. This bill is identical to SB 370.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102975D pdf
- 02/19/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107923D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/29/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB990ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102975D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/18/24 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/25/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/30/24 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/01/24 House: Read first time
- 02/02/24 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/24 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/24 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N)
- 02/06/24 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 47-N)
- 02/07/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/19/24 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/19/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107923D-S1
- 02/21/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/22/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107923D-S1
- 02/22/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB990S1
- 02/22/24 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N)
- 02/26/24 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107923D-S1 (50-Y 46-N)
- 02/26/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 46-N)
- 02/29/24 House: Enrolled
- 02/29/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB990ER)
- 02/29/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/14/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/24 House: House sustained Governor's veto