Defines independent contractor and excludes from workers||Defines independent contractor and excludes from workers' compensation coverage, and provides penalty for misclassification of employee.

This bill, introduced at the request of the Governor to update workers' compensation law, provides a definition of independent contractor and excludes such from workers' compensation coverage. It also provides a penalty of up to $1,000 per day for misclassification of employee.

Carries-over to 2018. Companion to SB 40.

01/25/2017 Introduced and referred to House Committee on Labor and Commerce.02/20/2017 Public testimony in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 02/20/2017 Heard and held in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/01/2017 Bill hearing cancelled. 03/06/2017 Heard and held in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/08/2017 Hearing cancelled in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/15/2017 Hearing cancelled in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/17/2017 Hearing cancelled in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/18/2017 Hearing cancelled in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/20/2017 Heard and held in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/22/2017 Hearing in House Committee on Labor and Commerce. 03/24/2017 Referred to House Committee on Judiciary. 03/31/2017 Heard and held in the House Committee on Judiciary. 04/05/2017 Heard and held in House Committee on Judiciary. 04/13/2017 Hearing in House Committee on Judiciary. 04/13/2017 Committee Substitute moved out of House Committee on Judiciary. 04/14/2017 Committee Substitute recommended for passage by House Committee on Judiciary. 04/14/2017 Referred to House Committee on Finance.