CS/SB 1124: Preemption of Local Government Wage Mandates

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs, Gruters

Preemption of Local Government Wage Mandates; Creating the "Wage Mandate Preemption Act"; deleting the definition of the term “employer contracting to provide goods or services for the political subdivision”; revising prohibitions relating to political subdivisions enacting, maintaining, or enforcing wage mandates in an amount greater than the state or federal minimum wage; specifying that any wage mandate that conflicts with such prohibitions is void, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/3/2022 02:48 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Rules (RC)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Commerce and Tourism (CM)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 943 (c1) by Local Administration and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Preemption of Local Government Wage Mandates Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in State Affairs Committee	Identical

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  218.077

  Wage and employment benefits requirements by political subdivisions; restrictions.

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• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  12/1/2021	S	• Filed
  1/5/2022	S	• Referred to Community Affairs; Commerce and Tourism; Rules -SJ 75
  1/11/2022	S	• Introduced -SJ 75
  1/20/2022	S	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/25/22, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building --Amendment(s) Adopted - Temporarily Postponed
  1/28/2022	S	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/02/22, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
  2/2/2022	S	• CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 3 -SJ 337
  2/3/2022	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Commerce and Tourism • CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 340
  3/12/2022	S	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3/14/2022	S	• Died in Commerce and Tourism