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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 484

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Relating to: state preemption of local employment regulations. (FE)

Employment Hours of labor Ordinance Organization miscellaneous Wage

  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

Under current law, the state limits the power of local governments to enact laws

on certain issues. This practice is called preemption. This bill repeals the

preemptions of local governments from enacting or enforcing ordinances related to

the following:

1. Regulations related to wage claims and collections.

2. Regulation of employee hours and overtime, including scheduling of

employee work hours or shifts.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bare (D) , C. Anderson (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Doyle (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , Haywood (D) , Hong (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Joers (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shelton (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D)

9 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Billings (D) , Carpenter (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Jacobson (D) , Madison (D) , Shankland (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)

Full history

  1. Oct 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Ohnstad, Haywood, Conley, Joers, Hong, Stubbs, Emerson, Cabrera, Doyle, Snodgrass, Shelton, Ratcliff, Ortiz-Velez, J. Anderson, Considine, C. Anderson, Drake, Subeck, Bare, Palmeri and Moore Omokunde; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Carpenter, Hesselbein, Spreitzer and Agard

  2. Oct 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight

  3. Oct 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Shankland added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 26, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor

  5. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Nov 10, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Madison added as a coauthor

  7. Nov 10, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  8. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1