Bills by subject

Hours of labor

21 bills and resolutions. 4 became law, 1 was vetoed, and 9 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AB 461 An income tax subtraction for certain overtime compensation. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 50 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 367 Exemptions from minimum wage, overtime pay, and recordkeeping requirements for minor league baseball players.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 474 State preemption of local employment regulations. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 10

Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 367: Exemptions from minimum wage, overtime pay, and recordkeeping requirements for minor league baseball players.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 13, 2026
AB 461: An income tax subtraction for certain overtime compensation. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 474: State preemption of local employment regulations. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1146: Minimum nurse staffing ratios in hospitals, registered nurses’ right to refuse a work assignment, prohibiting mandatory overtime for registered nurses, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 19, 2026
SB 374: Exemptions from minimum wage, overtime pay, and recordkeeping requirements for minor league baseball players.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 454: An income tax subtraction for certain overtime compensation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 464: State preemption of local employment regulations. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1115: Minimum nurse staffing ratios in hospitals, registered nurses’ right to refuse a work assignment, prohibiting mandatory overtime for registered nurses, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 4

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 445: The hours that a minor may work.
Stopped in committee.
May 10, 2012
AB 736: School conference and activities leave.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 355: The hours that a minor may work.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 7

May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 116: School conference and activities leave.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 152: Mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 829: Applicability of the prevailing wage law to publicly funded private construction projects and to regional transit authorities, the threshold for applicability of that law to a project of public works, the submission to the Department of Workforce Development of payroll records of persons performing work that is subject to that law, the inspection of those records, and the remedies for a violation of that law.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 86: School conference and activities leave.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 108: Mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 30, 2010
SB 696: Applicability of the prevailing wage law to publicly funded private construction projects and to regional transit authorities, the threshold for applicability of that law to a project of public works, the submission to the Department of Workforce Development of payroll records of persons performing work that is subject to that law, the inspection of those records, and the remedies for a violation of that law.
Stopped in committee.

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