National Conference of State Legislatures

Legislative Bills on Four-Day Work Weeks

2007-2008 Legislative Sessions

June 12, 2008

Two states, Oklahoma and West Virginia, have looked into the feasibility of requiring a four-day work week in the past two legislative sessions. Below are links to the four resolutions.

Okalahoma

2007 HCR 1002 - Creates a four-day work week task force.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08HB/HCR1002_int.rtf

2008 HCR 1097 - Encourages all state agencies to adopt a compressed four-day work week.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08HB/HCR1097_int.rtf

West Virginia

2008 HCR 34 - Requests a study on a 10-hour, four-day work week for state, city and county employees.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hcr34%20intr.htm

2008 HCR 33 - Requests a study on a 10-hour, four-day work week for state, city and county employees.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/rs/BILLS/scr33%20intr.htm

Source: LexisNexis 50-state bill tracking