Enacts the Employee Fair Classification Act.

This bill enacts the Employee Fair Classification Act. It establishes the Employee Misclassification Task Force and its powers and duties, prohibits employee misclassification and adds penalties, and defines an independent contractor. It includes an appropriation and a provision that would allow officials to issue a stop work order when misclassification is evident on a job-site.

Effective 12/31/2017.

03/28/2017 Filed in Senate.
03/29/2017 First reading. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate.
04/06/2017 Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate.
04/06/2017 Re-referred to Senate Committee on Finance. If favorable, with be re-referred to the Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate.
04/25/2017 Reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Finance. Re-referred to the Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate.
04/26/2017 Reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate. Placed on supplemental calendar in the Senate. Passed second and third readings in the Senate.
04/27/2017 Received in House. Passed first reading. Referred to House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.
06/19/2017 Withdrawn from House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.
06/19/2017 Re-referred to House Committee on Judiciary III.
06/28/2017 House amendment adopted. Passed second reading in House.
06/29/2017 Passed third reading. Ordered engrossed.
06/30/2017 Special message sent to Senate.
08/03/2017 Conference report adopted in House and Senate. Ordered enrolled. Ratified in Senate.
08/04/2017 Presented to Governor.
08/11/2017 Signed by Governor.