Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on April 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.
2014 Regular Session
House Bill 5071
AN ACT CONCERNING CIVIL ACTIONS AGAINST AN EMPLOYER FOR FAILURE TO PAY WAGES OR COMPENSATION.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To allow employees or labor organizations to recover twice the full amount of damages associated with an employer's failure to pay wages unless the employer can demonstrate a good faith belief that it was complying with the law and to clarify the time period the administrator may use to calculate damages when any person, firm or corporation has wilfully failed to declare the payment of wages on payroll records.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 10 to April 4, 2014, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action10 actions on 7 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 10 to Apr 4 · stopped53 days
Labor and Public Employees CommitteeFeb 10 to Mar 422 days
Judiciary CommitteeApr 4 to Apr 4 · stopped0 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 10 – Apr 4
- Feb 10Introduced and sent to Labor and Public Employees Committee
- Feb 13Heard in Labor and Public Employees Committee
- Mar 4Labor and Public Employees Committee recommended a substitute for it
- Apr 4Sent to Judiciary Committee
All 10 actions, as published
- Feb 10REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 13PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 4Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
- Mar 6FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 12REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Mar 18RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Mar 18FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Mar 18HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
- Mar 18FILE NO.Both houses
- Apr 4REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives