CS/CS/SB 926 (2014) -  Wage Theft

General Bill by Rules and Judiciary and Simpson
Wage Theft: Expanding the original jurisdiction of county courts; describing the occurrence of a wage theft; authorizing an aggrieved employee to initiate a civil action for wage theft; granting county courts original and exclusive jurisdiction over actions involving wage theft; preempting regulation of wage theft to the state after a specified date; exempting certain counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Event: 05/02/14 S Died on Calendar on Friday, May 2, 2014 10:39 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Community Affairs
    • On agenda for: 03/05/14 1:30 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 3
  • Judiciary
    • On agenda for: 03/25/14 9:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 9   Nays 0
  • Rules
    • On agenda for: 04/02/14 4:00 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 7

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 957 Subject: Local Regulation of Wage Theft Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 2
    • D 979238 , Soto, Diaz de la Portilla Date Filed: 04/22/14, Line#: 0
    • AA 658216 , Clemens Date Filed: 04/22/14, Line#: 4
    • AA 741302 , Bullard Date Filed: 04/22/14, Line#: 4
    • SD 275158 , Simpson Date Filed: 04/22/14, Line#: 0
    • ASA 470256 , Bullard Date Filed: 04/23/14, Line#: 5
    • ASA 826886 , Clemens Date Filed: 04/23/14, Line#: 5
    • ASA 241760 , Soto, Diaz de la Portilla Date Filed: 04/23/14, Line#: 6
    • A 346950 , Clemens Date Filed: 04/22/14, Line#: 37
    • A 677562 , Bullard Date Filed: 04/22/14, Line#: 37
  • Committee Substitute 1
    • D 182618 , Rules, Richter Date Filed: 04/02/14, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/03/2014 10:30 AM
    • AA 974662 , Rules, Latvala Date Filed: 04/02/14, Line#: 95 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/03/2014 10:30 AM
    • A 401526 , Rules, Richter Date Filed: 04/02/14, Line#: 127 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/03/2014 10:30 AM
    • A 309326 , Rules, Richter Date Filed: 04/02/14, Line#: 128 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/03/2014 10:30 AM
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 699372 , Judiciary, Soto Date Filed: 03/24/14, Line#: 32 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/27/2014 11:08 AM
    • A 934934 , Judiciary, Ring Date Filed: 03/24/14, Line#: 41 Senate(c): Withdrawn 03/27/2014 11:08 AM
    • A 136984 , Judiciary, Soto Date Filed: 03/18/14, Line#: 74 Senate(c): Unfavorable 03/27/2014 11:08 AM
    • A 635492 , Judiciary, Ring Date Filed: 03/24/14, Line#: 74 Senate(c): Withdrawn 03/27/2014 11:08 AM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 4/3/2014 6:32:03 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 4/1/2014 2:49:59 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 3/27/2014 11:10:29 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 3/24/2014 9:21:49 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 3/5/2014 4:01:51 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 3/4/2014 1:42:20 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died on Calendar Time: 05/02/2014 - 10:39 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Retained on Calendar Time: 04/28/2014 - 7:15 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 583 Time: 04/23/2014 - 4:16 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/14 Time: 04/11/2014 - 1:39 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 443 Time: 04/07/2014 - 11:40 AM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 447 Time: 04/03/2014 - 11:35 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 04/03/2014 - 7:06 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 8 NAYS 7 -SJ 443 Time: 04/02/2014 - 7:08 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 364 Time: 04/01/2014 - 7:30 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/02/14, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 03/28/2014 - 2:42 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S Now in Rules -SJ 356 Time: 03/27/2014 - 4:50 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/27/2014 - 11:42 AM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S CS by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 356 Time: 03/25/2014 - 12:19 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/25/14, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 03/20/2014 - 3:47 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/18/14, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 03/13/2014 - 4:39 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S Now in Judiciary -SJ 206 Time: 03/05/2014 - 4:28 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 -SJ 206 Time: 03/05/2014 - 3:45 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 74 Time: 03/04/2014 - 8:13 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/05/14, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building Time: 02/28/2014 - 1:15 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 74 Time: 02/10/2014 - 6:11 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/07/2014 - 1:19 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
34.01
448.115