After marathon debate, House narrowly approves higher agricultural overtime threshold
Senate Bill 121, raising the overtime threshold for agricultural workers to 56 hours, passed the House after hours of debate, 33–32. Lawmakers offered sharply divided accounts of economic and safety impacts for farm workers and family farms.
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After an extensive floor debate that ran across much of the session, the Colorado House narrowly adopted Senate Bill 121 on third reading, changing the overtime threshold for agricultural employees to 56 hours per work week.
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