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House debates licensure for employee-leasing companies after testimony on unpaid remittances
Summary
House members debated House Bill 200 to license employee-leasing companies after testimony that some firms failed to remit payroll taxes and benefit payments; the House adopted technical amendments but the transcript does not record final floor passage.
House Bill 200, a proposal to license and regulate employee-leasing companies, drew extended floor debate on Feb. 24 after lawmakers and affected businesses described past instances in which leasing firms collected client payments but failed to remit payroll taxes and health premiums.
Representative Ballantyne, moving amendments to the bill, described cases where leasing companies went out of business after collecting client funds but leaving…
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