December
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
November
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
October
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
September
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
August
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
July
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
June
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
May
Marijuana Laws
Bill
House Bill 128 (2023)
Summary
Revises marijuana laws; revises reports to the legislature; clarifies permissive acts and exceptions for registered cardholders; clarifies limitations of the State marijuana regulation and taxation act; clarifies penalties; revises penalties for suspended licenses; combines sections on legislative monitoring; clarifies legislative monitoring duties; removes the identity disclosure requirement for licensee complaints; removes outdated dates.
Enacted
05/23/2023
Effective Date
05/22/2023, 07/01/2023, 10/01/2023
Topics
Industry: Marijuana
Sex Definition in State Law
Bill
Senate Bill 458 (2023)
Summary
Revises the laws to provide a common definition for the word sex when referring to a human; defines the terms male, female, and sex.
Enacted
05/22/2023
Effective Date
10/01/2023
Topics
Prohibited_Practices: Sex
Executive Branch Personal Staff
Bill
Senate Bill 424 (2023)
Summary
Provides for personal staff for agency heads appointed by the governor; expands the definition of personal staff; provides for the use of existing full-time equivalent personnel positions as personal staff; relates to State employee classification, compensation, and benefits; provides certain exemptions for personal staff; provides that when appointing personal staff, only an existing full-time equivalent personnel position must be used.
Enacted
05/22/2023
Effective Date
10/01/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Violence Against Healthcare Workers
Bill
House Bill 590 (2023)
Summary
Creates laws related to violence against healthcare workers and workers employed by health care providers; provides for reporting of violence against a health care worker; requires a report to the Department of Justice of violence against health care workers.
Enacted
05/18/2023
Effective Date
10/01/2023
Topics
Employer_Obligations: Confidential_info, Workplace_violence; Industry: Health_care
Labor Laws Related to Work Based Learning
Bill
Senate Bill 444 (2023)
Summary
Revises laws related to work-based learning programs; requires written agreements for work-based learning programs and specific elements to qualify for exemption from certain wage laws.
Enacted
05/10/2023
Effective Date
07/01/2023
Topics
Wage_and_Hour: Exemptions, Minimum_wage, Overtime
Department of Labor Laws
Bill
House Bill 691 (2023)
Summary
Revises labor laws; revises laws related to the duties of the Department of Labor; revises exclusions from employment to exclude minors performing seasonal and minor duties relating to casual employment.
Enacted
05/05/2023
Effective Date
10/01/2023
Topics
Wage_and_Hour: Exemptions, Minimum_wage
Employee Termination for Legal Social Media Posts
Bill
Senate Bill 270 (2023)
Summary
Relates to the elements of wrongful discharge; provides that a discharge is wrongful only under specified circumstances, including but not limited to when the employer terminated the employee solely based on the employee’s legal expression of free speech, including but not limited to statements made on social media.
Enacted
05/05/2023
Effective Date
10/01/2023
Topics
Prohibited_Practices: Expression
Allowed Local Government Employer Benefits
Bill
Senate Bill 177 (2023)
Summary
Revises the types of employment benefits that an employer shall consider as having value or compensation to an employee; revises the definition of employment benefit.
Enacted
05/05/2023
Effective Date
10/01/2023
Topics
Government: Local_authority; Wage_and_Hour: Benefits
April
Employee Firearm Use
Bill
House Bill 42 (2023)
Summary
Allows qualified Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Department employees to carry firearms to perform their assigned duties; provides criteria for when an employee is allowed to carry a firearm; provides rulemaking authority.
Enacted
04/20/2023
Effective Date
04/18/2023
Topics
Employee_obligation: Certification; Workplace_Behavior: Firearm
Employee Pay Plan and Revising Laws
Bill
House Bill 13 (2023)
Summary
Revises laws governing state employee compensation; appropriates funds to implement pay revisions and per diem adjustments; revises state employee per diem rates; provides that state executive branch offices are open on state general election days; eliminates state general election day as a holiday for state employees; provides for an annual floating holiday for state employees.
Enacted
04/12/2023
Effective Date
04/11/2023, 07/01/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
March
Incumbent Worker Training Eligibility and Awards
Bill
House Bill 41 (2023)
Summary
Expands incumbent worker training eligibility and awards; revises award disbursement laws; requires the Department of Labor and Industry funds to remain in the program for future awards; provides that the department shall award grants evenly to three specified categories of employers; provides that every calendar quarter, if one category of employer does not have enough qualified applications, then the department shall distribute the remaining unused funds to the other two eligible categories.
Enacted
03/20/2023
Effective Date
10/01/2023
Topics
Wage_and_Hour: Grants
February
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
January
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
