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Governor signs package of bills on worker pay, pandemic relief, child marriage ban and health-care protections
Summary
During a brief signing event, the governor signed a set of bills that include protections for workers on public contracts, relief for certain pandemic-era unemployment overpayments, a ban on child marriage, consumer limits on THC in infused products, and protections for providers of reproductive and gender-affirming care.
The governor held a brief signing event and signed a package of state bills spanning labor protections, pandemic overpayment relief, housing authority consolidation, cannabis purchase limits, and health-care protections.
The governor described one bill as providing “a level playing field for contractors who bid on public contracts and ensure[ing] workers get the wages that are owed to them,” and thanked Representative Ornsbee, companion Senator Conway and the state attorney general for leading that effort. “When people do the work, they ought to get paid,” the governor said during the ceremony.
Another measure signed allows the Employment Security Department to waive interest on certain nonfraudulent unemployment overpayments that occurred between 02/02/2020 and 09/04/2021, delays further interest accrual for specified cases until 01/01/2025, and…
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