| AZ S 1420 | AUTHOR: Garcia [D]
TITLE: State Procurement Contract
Introduced: 01/25/2007
SUMMARY: Concerns State procurement contracts; provides for living wage.
STATUS: 01/29/2007
To Senate Committee on Government.
01/29/2007
Additionally referred to Senate Committee on Commerce and Economic Development.
01/29/2007
Additionally referred to Senate Committee on Rules.
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| DC B 98 | SPONSOR: Mendelson [D]
TITLE: Large Retailer Accountability Act of 2007
Introduced: 02/06/2007
SUMMARY: Establishes standards for responsible business practices by large retailers by ensuring that they pay living wages and provide benefits.
STATUS: 02/06/2007
Introduced.
02/06/2007
To Council Committee on Workforce Development and Government Operations.
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| GA H 572 | AUTHOR: Beasley-Teague [D]
TITLE: Labor and Industrial Relations
Introduced: 02/27/2007
SUMMARY: Relates to labor and industrial relations, so as to require the State of Georgia and certain employers who contract with or receive financial assistance from the state or a state agency to pay its employees a living wage; to provide definitions; to provide the method of computing a living wage; to provide for notice requirements; to provide for recordkeeping; to prohibit employer retaliation; to authorize the Commissioner of Labor to enforce the provisions.
STATUS: 02/27/2007
Introduced.
02/27/2007
To House Committee on Industrial Relations.
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| HI H 33 | AUTHOR: Takumi [D]
TITLE: Living Wage
Introduced: 01/18/2007
SUMMARY: Requires private firms contracted by state government to pay covered workers a living wage and adjusted thereafter; implements a living wage.
STATUS: 02/16/2007
In House. Read second time. Committee amendment adopted. House Draft 2.
02/16/2007
To House Committee on Finance.
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| HI H 760 | AUTHOR: Caldwell [D]
TITLE: Service Contracts Workers
Introduced: 01/19/2007
SUMMARY: Reduces the threshold for service contract worker wage provisions from $25,000 to $5,000; requires wages to be based on United States poverty guidelines for Hawaii; requires enforcement by the department of labor and industrial relations; extends additional rights to service contract employees.
STATUS: 04/05/2007
From Senate Committee on Ways and Means: Do pass as amended.
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| HI S 1058 | AUTHOR: Hooser [D]
TITLE: Service Contracts Workers
Introduced: 01/19/2007
SUMMARY: Reduces the threshold for service contract worker wage provisions from $25,000 to $5,000; requires wages to be based on United States poverty guidelines for Hawaii; requires enforcement by the department of labor and industrial relations; extends additional rights to service contract employees.
STATUS: 01/24/2007
To Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor.
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| IA H 313 | SIMILAR: IA H 675
AUTHOR: Wessel-Kroesche [D]
TITLE: State Living Wage
Introduced: 02/09/2007
SUMMARY: Relates to the establishment of a study of the economic, fiscal, and social impact of the living wage in Iowa.
STATUS: 03/06/2007
In House. Becomes House File 675.
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| IA H 675 | SIMILAR: IA H 313
AUTHOR: Labor Cmt
TITLE: Living Wage Study
Introduced: 03/06/2007
SUMMARY: Relates to the establishment of a study of the economic, fiscal, and social impact of the living wage in Iowa.
STATUS: 03/06/2007
Introduced.
03/06/2007
In House. Becomes House File 313
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| IN H 1217 | AUTHOR: Hoy [D]
TITLE: Living Wage For State Agency Contracts
Introduced: 01/11/2007
SUMMARY: Requires a contracting vendor awarded a contract by a state agency, the general assembly, or the judiciary to pay its employees at not less than a certain rate referred to as the living wage beginning July 1, 2007; sets the living wage at $9.43 per hour initially, and provides for annual adjustments of the living wage amounts; provides certain penalties for noncompliance with the requirement to pay the living wage.
STATUS: 01/11/2007
Introduced.
01/11/2007
To House Committee on Labor and Employment.
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| KS H 2282 | AUTHOR: Swenson [R]
TITLE: Employees of Government Contractors
Introduced: 01/30/2007
SUMMARY: Concerns employment; ensures that employees of government contractors are paid a living wage.
STATUS: 01/31/2007
To House Committee on Commerce and Labor.
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| MA H 1860 | AUTHOR: Walsh M [D]
TITLE: Employee Living Wage Provision
Introduced: 01/10/2007
SUMMARY: Provides a living wage to all employees of providers that deliver social services or child care under contract or subcontract with the Commonwealth.
STATUS: 01/10/2007
Introduced.
01/10/2007
Filed as House Docket 556.
01/10/2007
To Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
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| MD H 430 | AUTHOR: Taylor [D]
TITLE: State Procurement Contracts
Introduced: 02/05/2007
SUMMARY: Requires specified contractors and subcontractors to pay specified employees a specified minimum wage rate under specified State procurement contracts; provides exemptions and reductions in a specified wage rate; requires the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to alter a wage rate based on a specified Consumer Price Index and to administer and enforce requirements with regard to specified employers.
STATUS: 04/09/2007
From Senate Committee on Finance: Reported as amended.
04/09/2007
Committee amendment adopted on Senate floor.
04/09/2007
Amended on Senate floor.
04/09/2007
Passed Senate. *****To House for concurrence.
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| MN H 58 | AUTHOR: Mullery [DFL]
TITLE: Employment
Introduced: 01/08/2007
SUMMARY: Relates to employment; requires the preparation and implementation of an initiative to expand job training for minorities and to substantially increase the wages paid to minority workers; requires the preparation of an interim report.
STATUS: 01/08/2007
Introduced.
01/08/2007
To House Committee on Finance.
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| MS H 237 | AUTHOR: Cummings [D]
TITLE: Working Persons Act
Introduced: 01/02/2007
SUMMARY: Creates a state Working Person's Act; requires a certain wage be paid by employers doing business in the state; requires the state economist to announce the hourly wage increase to the news media.
STATUS: 02/27/2007
Died in committee.
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| MS H 973 | AUTHOR: Markham [D]
TITLE: Teachers Salaries
Introduced: 01/12/2007
SUMMARY: Teachers' salaries; increase next five years and determine living wage for assistant teachers.
STATUS: 01/30/2007
Died in committee.
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| MS H 1478 | AUTHOR: Moss [D]
TITLE: Working Persons Act
Introduced: 01/15/2007
SUMMARY: Working Person's Act; create with statewide referendum.
STATUS: 01/30/2007
Died in committee.
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| MS S 2978 | AUTHOR: Turner [D]
TITLE: Level of Living Wage for Education Support Personnel
Introduced: 01/15/2007
SUMMARY: Creates a commission to determine a Level of Living Wage for Education Support Personnel in this state.
STATUS: 01/30/2007
Died in committee.
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| NH H 718 | AUTHOR: DeChane [D]
TITLE: Privatization Contracts
Introduced: 02/05/2007
SUMMARY: Regulates the process by which the state may use private contractors to perform state functions.
STATUS: 03/27/2007
Committee amendment adopted on House floor.
03/27/2007
Passed House. *****To Senate.
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| NJ A 1705 | IDENTICAL: NJ S 477
SPONSOR: Fisher [D]
TITLE: Wages and Benefits
Introduced: 01/10/2006
SUMMARY: Requires responsible business practices by large employers regarding wages and benefits.
STATUS: 01/10/2006
Introduced.
01/10/2006
To Assembly Committee on Labor.
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| NY A 628 | SPONSOR: Wright [D]
TITLE: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
Introduced: 01/03/2007
SUMMARY: Enacts the domestic workers bill of rights including provisions relating to particulars of employment, wages, hours of work, overtime, Sunday work, and public holidays.
STATUS: 02/07/2007
Amended in Assembly Committee on Labor.
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| NY A 1223 | SPONSOR: Paulin [D]
TITLE: Living Wage Adjustment of Personal Care Service Workers
Introduced: 01/03/2007
SUMMARY: Relates to the living wage adjustment of personal care service workers; authorizes the Commissioner of Health to adjust personal care services medical assistance rates of payment for personal care service providers; provides for such adjustments to be subject to subsequent adjustment or reconciliation in accordance with the local living wage law or are located within a city with a population of over one million persons which has enacted a local living wage law that applies to such persons.
STATUS: 02/13/2007
From Assembly Committee on Codes.
02/13/2007
To Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.
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| NY S 3760 | SPONSOR: Trunzo [R]
TITLE: Wage Adjustment of Personal Care Service Workers
Introduced: 03/15/2007
SUMMARY: Relates to the living wage adjustment of personal care service workers; authorizes the commissioner to adjust personal care services medical assistance rates of payment for personal care service providers; provides for such adjustments to be subject to subsequent adjustment or reconciliation in accordance with the local living wage law or are located within a city with a population of over one million persons which has enacted a local living wage law that applies to such persons.
STATUS: 03/15/2007
Introduced.
03/15/2007
To Senate Committee on Social Services, Children and Families.
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| OK H 2027 | AUTHOR: Shelton [D]
TITLE: Minimum Wage Act
Introduced: 02/05/2007
SUMMARY: Relates to labor; relates to Minimum Wage Act; modifies minimum wages for certain occupations.
STATUS: 02/06/2007
To House Committee on Rules. |
| OK H 2133 | AUTHOR: Morrissette [D]
TITLE: Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund
Introduced: 02/05/2007
SUMMARY: Relates to labor; modifies Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund; directs payment of certain wages; requires rest and lunch periods for certain employees.
STATUS: 02/06/2007
To House Committee on Rules.
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| OK S 559 | AUTHOR: Johnson C [D]
TITLE: Amusements And Sports And Labor
Introduced: 02/05/2007
SUMMARY: Relates to amusements and sports and labor; relates to the Oklahoma Education Lottery Act; modifies authorized use of Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund; requires school districts to provide living wage to certain employees; requires payment of a living wage; defines term; provides for adjustment; specifies employees required to receive certain wage; provides for codification; provides an effective date; declares an emergency.
STATUS: 02/12/2007
To Senate Committee on Appropriations.
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| OR H 2497 | AUTHOR: Witt [D]
TITLE: Log Haulers
Introduced: 01/25/2007
SUMMARY: Creates process for forestland owners or cooperative associations of log haulers to petition Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to determine rate of compensation for log haulers; requires commissioner to determine rate of compensation for log haulers; prohibits forestland owners from paying rate of compensation lower than rate of compensation determined by commissioner and from discriminating against any person or cooperative association for participating in determination process.
STATUS: 01/31/2007
To House Committee on Business and Labor.
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| RI H 5682 | AUTHOR: Segal [D]
TITLE: Living Wage Rate
Introduced: 02/28/2007
SUMMARY: Requires all large retailers to provide employees with a living wage rate which would include wages and benefits.
STATUS: 03/21/2007
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration.
03/21/2007
In House Committee on Labor. Committee Recommends Measure held for further study.
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| WA H 1118 | AUTHOR: Miloscia [D]
TITLE: Living Wages
Introduced: 01/10/2007
SUMMARY: Provides living wages on public contracts.
STATUS: 02/27/2007
Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.
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| WA H 2247 | AUTHOR: Conway [D]
TITLE: Rate of Compensation of Forest Harvesters
Introduced: 02/14/2007
SUMMARY: Regulates rates of compensation for forest products harvesters or haulers; declares that it is in the public interest to ensure a reasonable minimum rate of compensation for log haulers to ensure that log haulers earn a reasonable living wage without compromising the safety of their vehicles or the safety of their operation; declares an intent to create a process whereby the Department of Labor and Industries is to oversee a system to ensure adequate wage.
STATUS: 02/28/2007
Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.
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