CS/SB 1216 (2013) -  Employers and Employees

General Bill by Criminal Justice and Bradley
Employers and Employees: Providing jurisdiction of county courts over wage theft civil actions; providing a definition for the term “wage theft”; creating a civil cause of action for wage theft; providing the procedure for filing of a civil action for wage theft; requiring a claimant to notify the employer of the employee’s intention to initiate a civil action; authorizing a county, municipality, or political subdivision to establish a process by which a claim may be filed, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Event: 05/03/13 S Died on Calendar on Friday, May 3, 2013 7:16 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Criminal Justice
    • On agenda for: 04/01/13 12:15 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 1

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/CS/HB 1125 Subject: Employers and Employees Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 1
    • D 481306 , Bradley Date Filed: 05/01/13, Line#: 0
  • Original Filed Version
    • D 411024 , Criminal Justice, Bradley Date Filed: 03/06/13, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Withdrawn 03/13/2013 05:49 PM
    • AA 901110 , Criminal Justice, Bradley Date Filed: 03/11/13, Line#: 45 Senate(c): Withdrawn 03/13/2013 05:49 PM
    • AA 459014 , Criminal Justice, Bradley Date Filed: 03/11/13, Line#: 63 Senate(c): Withdrawn 03/13/2013 05:49 PM
    • AA 841392 , Criminal Justice, Smith Date Filed: 03/11/13, Line#: 99 Senate(c): Withdrawn 03/14/2013 05:00 PM
    • D 420660 , Criminal Justice, Bradley Date Filed: 03/13/13, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/01/2013 09:02 PM
    • AA 312628 , Criminal Justice, Bradley Date Filed: 03/29/13, Line#: 44 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/01/2013 09:02 PM
    • AA 769992 , Criminal Justice, Bradley Date Filed: 04/01/13, Line#: 51 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/01/2013 09:02 PM
    • AA 609582 , Criminal Justice, Bradley Date Filed: 03/29/13, Line#: 64 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/01/2013 09:02 PM
    • AA 329850 , Criminal Justice, Bradley Date Filed: 03/29/13, Line#: 66 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/01/2013 09:02 PM
    • AA 929198 , Criminal Justice, Smith Date Filed: 03/14/13, Line#: 87 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/01/2013 09:02 PM
    • AA 663082 , Criminal Justice, Smith Date Filed: 03/18/13, Line#: 87 Senate(c): Unfavorable 04/01/2013 09:02 PM
    • AA 721972 , Criminal Justice, Bradley Date Filed: 04/01/13, Line#: 89 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/01/2013 09:02 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 4/2/2013 1:30:55 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 3/8/2013 10:48:10 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died on Calendar Time: 05/03/2013 - 7:16 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/03/13 Time: 05/02/2013 - 5:26 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/02/13 Time: 04/30/2013 - 4:52 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading Time: 04/30/2013 - 4:44 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Withdrawn from Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 881 Time: 04/30/2013 - 4:44 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 286 Time: 04/03/2013 - 5:48 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Judiciary -SJ 279 Time: 04/03/2013 - 8:16 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Remaining references corrected to Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 290 Time: 04/03/2013 - 8:16 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Original reference(s) removed: Commerce and Tourism Time: 04/03/2013 - 8:16 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 04/02/2013 - 1:47 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 1 -SJ 279 Time: 04/01/2013 - 4:27 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/01/13, 12:15 pm, 37 Senate Office Building Time: 03/27/2013 - 4:21 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/18/13, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 03/13/2013 - 4:14 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/11/13, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Office Building --Not Considered Time: 03/06/2013 - 4:01 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 90 Time: 03/05/2013 - 8:18 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations -SJ 90 Time: 03/01/2013 - 2:58 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/27/2013 - 8:05 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
34.01 CS/CS/CS/HB 1125, CS/HB 7119*
448.115 CS/CS/CS/HB 1125

(*) Not the latest version