Employment Rights

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Employment Rights ; Revising the definition of the term “independent contractor”; revising the prohibitions against retaliatory personnel action against an employee by his or her employer; providing that an employee may not recover in an action against an employer for a retaliatory personnel action unless the employee can prove certain claims by clear and convincing evidence; requiring, rather than authorizing, a court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party for retaliatory personnel actions, etc.

Every action

10 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Feb 28, 2025SenateFiled
2. Mar 7, 2025CommitteeReferred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules · Senate Commerce and Tourism
3. Mar 10, 2025SenateIntroduced
4. Mar 12, 2025CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/17/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Commerce and Tourism
5. Mar 17, 2025CommitteeCS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 · Senate Commerce and Tourism6–3 vote
6. Mar 18, 2025SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
7. Mar 18, 2025CommitteeNow in Judiciary · Senate Judiciary
8. Mar 19, 2025CommitteeCS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time · Senate Commerce and Tourism
9. May 3, 2025SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
10. Jun 16, 2025CommitteeDied in Judiciary · Senate Judiciary

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

• Stan McClainR Primary sponsor · District 9
• Ca Commerce and Tourism Sponsoring committee