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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

SB 669

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willful misclassification of an employee as a nonemployee by a person engaged in the painting or drywall finishing of buildings or other structures with intent to evade the laws related to income tax withholding, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, or employment discrimination and providing a penalty.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, any employer engaged in the construction of roads, bridges,

highways, sewers, water mains, utilities, public buildings, factories, housing, or

similar construction projects who misclassifies an employee as a nonemployee

willfully and with intent to evade any requirement of the laws relating to income tax

withholding, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, or employment

discrimination is subject to a $25,000 fine for each violation. This bill applies that

fine to any person engaged in the painting or drywall finishing of buildings or other

structures who willfully and with intent to evade any of those laws misclassifies an

employee as a nonemployee.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to

result if the bill is enacted.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Lassa (D) , Risser (D)

5 cosponsors

Hansen (D) , Pocan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Sullivan (D) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Apr 15, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Apr 6, 2010 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Risser and Lassa;Cosponsored by Representatives Pocan and Sinicki

  2. Apr 6, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs

  3. Apr 6, 2010 · Senate

    Senator Sullivan added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 9, 2010 · Senate

    Senator Wirch added as a coauthor

  5. Apr 14, 2010 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 14, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Apr 15, 2010 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Apr 15, 2010 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  9. Apr 15, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)

  11. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)

  12. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-20-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  13. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  14. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Senator Hansen added as a coauthor

  15. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  18. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Read a third time

  19. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Placed on the calendar of 4-20-2010 following Assembly Bill 600

  20. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Laid on the table

  21. Apr 23, 2010 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  22. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1