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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 578

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Relating to: exclusion of a franchisor as the employer of a franchisee or of an employee of a franchisee. (FE)

Employment Franchise

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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

This bill excludes a franchisor as the employer of a franchisee or of an employee

of a franchisee for purposes of certain laws relating to employment. Specifically, the

bill provides that for purposes of the laws relating to worker's compensation,

unemployment insurance, employment discrimination, minimum wage, and wage

payments, a franchisor is not considered to be the employer of a franchisee or of an

employee of a franchisee, unless any of the following applies:

1. The franchisor has agreed in writing to assume that role.

2. The franchisor has been found to have exercised a type or degree of control

over the franchisee or the franchisee's employees that is not customarily exercised

by a franchisor for the purpose of protecting the franchisor's trademarks and brand.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Born (R) , Craig (R) , Gannon (R) , Hutton (R) , Jarchow (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Murphy (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Skowronski (R) , Tittl (R)

3 cosponsors

Kapenga (R) , Marklein (R) , Stroebel (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Small Business Development, Ayes 8, Noes 3

Passed 8–3 Feb 12, 2016 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Small Business Development, Ayes 10, Noes 4

Passed 10–4 Feb 12, 2016 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. Dec 7, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kuglitsch, Born, R. Brooks, Craig, Gannon, Hutton, Jarchow, Knodl, Murphy, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Skowronski, Tittl and Ballweg; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Marklein and Stroebel

  2. Dec 7, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Small Business Development

  3. Jan 20, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 3, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kuglitsch

  6. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Small Business Development, Ayes 8, Noes 3

  8. Feb 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Small Business Development, Ayes 10, Noes 4

  9. Feb 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:19 PM on 2-18-2016 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29

  11. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  12. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1