2025 bills / H.B. 19
H.B. 19 Child Labor Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill sets up separate crimes for child-labor violations and requires the Labor Commission to report suspected criminal acts to the State Bureau of Investigation in certain cases. It lets the Bureau investigate those reports or pass them to law enforcement or the state agency responsible, and lets the Labor Commission share information with law enforcement in certain situations.
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Official description
- classifies child-labor related acts as different crimes
- requires that the Labor Commission report a suspected criminal act to the State Bureau of Investigation under certain circumstances
- permits the State Bureau of Investigation to investigate or forward a suspected criminal act to law enforcement or a state agency with jurisdiction over the reported criminal act
- allows the commission to share information with law enforcement under certain circumstances
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 13 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee: vote to change the bill · 1/28/2025 2:16 PMWho voted how
- 9 yes, 2 no, 5 absentHouse Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee: vote to approve it · 1/28/2025 2:29 PMWho voted how
- 71 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal House vote · 2/5/2025 3:24 PMWho voted how
- 8 yes, 0 noSenate Business and Labor Committee: vote to approve it · 2/13/2025 9:55 AMWho voted how
- 22 yes, 0 no, 7 absentFirst of two Senate votes · 2/19/2025 2:44 PMWho voted how
- 22 yes, 0 no, 7 absentFinal Senate vote · 2/20/2025 11:21 AMWho voted how