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Labor and Public Employees Committee advances 21 bill concepts for public hearings, schedules Feb. 24 hearing
Summary
The committee voted by voice to advance 21 legislative concepts — including proposals on youth employment, labor-law enforcement, menopause workplace accommodations and death benefits for correction officers — to public hearings on Feb. 24. The vote approved titles only, not final bill language.
The Labor and Public Employees Committee voted by voice to advance 21 bill concepts to public hearings, the committee chair announced after the voice vote. Representative Wilson moved to advance items 1 through 21 as a package and Representative Hughes seconded; the motion carried.
The chair presented each concept in turn, describing proposals that include allowing certain occupations for 16- and 17-year-olds, preventing companies from shedding labor-law violations by reorganizing into successor firms, centralizing workforce-development information in the Department of Labor and clarifying wage status for cannabis employees. Several…
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