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Senate committee backs bill to preempt local labor rules, citing uniformity for businesses
Summary
The Senate Commerce and Labor Committee advanced Senate Bill 6-74, a measure sponsored by Sen. Taylor that would bar local governments from imposing new labor or employment regulations that exceed or conflict with state or federal law. The committee voted to move the bill to the calendar, 8–1.
Senators on the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 6-74, legislation sponsored by Sen. Taylor that would prohibit local governments from adopting new labor and employment rules that conflict with or exceed state or federal law.
The bill’s sponsor told the committee the measure was intended to provide regulatory predictability for businesses and to reduce compliance burdens on small employers. “This bill…will serve to proactively preempt local governments and state government from imposing new labor…
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