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Committee asks counsel to draft farmworker housing study language
Summary
During the S.230 hearing, the chair proposed directing the Department of Labor to investigate whether the housing deduction used for farmworkers is adequate and to report back by fall/December; legislative council will draft narrowly defined study language for committee review.
Chair raised a follow‑up labor matter during the S.230 hearing: whether the housing deduction used for farmworkers remains adequate and merits an official review. The chair said legislative council will be asked to draft narrowly scoped language directing the Department of Labor to investigate and report back by late fall or December.
Committee members said a precise scope will be important. One member who served on a prior study panel warned that broadly scoped studies can fail to reach firm recommendations and urged a tightly defined mandate for the Department of Labor. The committee did not adopt formal directive language at the meeting; members agreed to weigh in on proposed wording once legislative council circulates it.
