HB2561
Employee protections; minimum wage and overtime wages, civil actions, misclassification of workers.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
House: House sustained Governor's veto
Chief Patron:
Alfonso Lopez (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Employee protections; minimum wage and overtime wages; civil actions; misclassification of workers.
Provides that an employer that violates minimum wage or overtime wages provisions is liable to the employee for the applicable remedies, damages, or other relief available in an action brought pursuant to the civil action provisions currently available for the nonpayment of wages. Such provisions currently available provide that an ... (More) employee may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover payment of the wages, and the court is required to award the wages owed, an additional equal amount as liquidated damages, plus prejudgment interest thereon, and reasonable attorney fees and costs. Under current law, if the court finds that the employer knowingly failed to pay wages to an employee, the court is required to award the employee an amount equal to triple the amount of wages due and reasonable attorney fees and costs, and such actions are required to be commenced within three years after the cause of action accrued. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/12/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104499D
- 01/12/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/21/2025 - House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/22/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/23/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/24/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/28/2025 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/30/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/31/2025 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/06/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2561)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2561ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2561)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's Veto Received by House
- 03/24/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
- 04/02/2025 - House: House sustained Governor's veto
