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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 398

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Relating to: participants in clinical research trials. (FE)

Unemployment insurance Wage — Minimum Workers compensation

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  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 provides that for the purposes of the minimum wage law and worker's

compensation law an individual who is a participant in a clinical research trial and

receives remuneration, a stipend, or compensation for participating in the trial is not

an employee of the entity that conducts the trial. The bill also provides that such

participation is generally not considered covered employment under the

unemployment insurance (UI) law. As a consequence, amounts paid by employers

for such participation are not subject to UI contribution requirements and are not

counted as base period wages for purposes of determining eligibility for UI benefits.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Dittrich (R) , Gundrum (R) , Murphy (R) , Penterman (R) , Rettinger (R) , Steffen (R)

3 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Knodl (R) , Stroebel (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 11, Noes 5

Passed 11–5 Feb 14, 2024 official source full page

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

Assembly: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 63–35 Feb 20, 2024 official source full page

Aye · 63

Not voting · 1

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 11, 2024 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. Sep 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Gundrum, Armstrong, Dittrich, Murphy, Penterman, Rettinger and Steffen; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Ballweg and Knodl

  2. Sep 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

  3. Sep 27, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  6. Jan 17, 2024 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 11, Noes 5

  8. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules

  10. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sinicki

  11. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  12. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  13. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 63, Noes 35

  14. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  19. Feb 21, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  20. Feb 26, 2024 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  21. Feb 26, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  22. Mar 11, 2024 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  23. Mar 11, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  24. Mar 12, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  25. Mar 12, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Mar 12, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  27. Mar 12, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  28. Mar 12, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Mar 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  30. Mar 19, 2024 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-19-2024

  31. Mar 26, 2024 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2024

  32. Mar 29, 2024 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-29-2024

  33. May 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-14-2024 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  34. May 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82