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Committee approves amended bill to clarify teen‑employment reporting and remove obsolete mining language

Employment, Labor and Pensions · January 21, 2026
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Summary

The panel passed House Bill 1302 as amended, clarifying that employers must report changes to minors' employment status within 14 calendar days (and no later than 30 days) and deleting obsolete references to a belt examiner certificate; an amendment also removes a proposed $700,000 fund transfer.

A House committee passed House Bill 1302 as amended, approving language that clarifies how and when employers must record hires, status changes and terminations for minors in the state's youth-employment database and removing obsolete mining-code language.

Representative Teschka offered Amendment Number 1 to HB 1302 that strikes a provision that would have transferred funds from the residual asbestos injury fund to the workers' compensation…

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