State Labor Legislation

The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) tracks sate legislation on 34 labor-related topics. Below is a summary of major state labor laws enacted in the previous calendar year that fall under those categories. The summary is also accompanied by a chart that lists the bill numbers of each piece of enacted legislation, by the labor legislation categories that are tracked by WHD.

Previously, this information was published on an annual basis in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Monthly Labor Review. State labor legislation articles from previous years have been archived under the subject category of “State Government” in the Monthly Labor Review Archive, http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/subject/s.htm.

Summary of State Labor Legislation Enacted in 2013

• The timeframe of this report covers legislative activity from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013.
• In 2013, all 50 states and the District of Columbia met in regular legislative session. A number of states also met in special sessions to address issues of particular interest or immediate necessity.
• During the reporting timeframe of this report, 42 states and the District of Columbia enacted or amended labor legislation relevant to the categories tracked by WHD.
• A total of 300 bills were introduced and then enacted by the states and the District of Columbia, encompassing 30 of the 34 legislative categories tracked by WHD.
• The 34 legislative categories that were tracked in 2013 are:
   

  Enacted State Labor Legislation – Senate & House Bills
  Interim Report for 2013 (01/01/2013 –12/31/2013)

  States	Agriculture	Child Labor	State DOL	Discharge of Employee	Drug & Alcohol Testing	EEO	Employment Agency	Employee Leasing	Family Leave Issues	Garment Activity	Genetic Testing	Hours Worked	Human Trafficking	Immigration Legislation	Independent Contractor	Inmate Labor	Living Wage - Statewide	Minimum Wage & Tipped Wages	Off-site Work	Other Legislation	Overtime	Overtime Health Care	Plant Closing	Preference of Employees	Prevailing Wage	Right to Work	Time Off from Work	Unfair Labor Practice	Wages Paid	Whistleblower	Workers With Disabilities	Worker Privacy	Workplace Security	Workplace Violence
  Total # of Enacted Bills	2	6	3	5	11	19	3	1	3	0	0	1	34	4	8	3	0	9	1	17	3	0	3	9	20	1	9	4	29	10	1	52	6	2
  Total # of States that Enacted Bills in this Category	2	6	3	5	9	15	3	1	3	0	0	1	25	4	6	3	0	8	1	11	3	0	3	9	10	1	8	3	17	9	1	29	3	2
  Alabama																																S-268		S-66
  Alaska
  Arizona					S-1087											SCR-1009																	H-2392
  Arkansas					H-1384								H-1203 H-1581 S-242		S-1036			S-533						H-1575						S-805		H-1248 H-1901 H-1902 H-2283 S-843
  California	S-168	A-533		A-449		A-556 S-292			S-252			A-242	S-612 S-666			A-752		A-10		A-1386 A-1387 AJR-12				A-372	A-401 A-797 A-1336 S-7 S-54 S-377 S-776		A-11 S-288	A-263 S-400	A-442 A-786 S-390 S-435 S-462	A-581 S-496		A-218 S-530
  Colorado						H-1136		H-1222					H-1195											H-1008								H-1046 H-1123 H-1220 S-18
  Connecticut													H-5666					S-387							H-6508		S-835		S-906 S-1032			H-6492 S-910
  Delaware				H-21		H-22 S-97
  District of Columbia					B-161
  Florida						H-7145							H-1325 H-1327							H-655												H-731 H-7079
  Georgia													H-141	S-160																		H-244
  Hawaii						S-535	H-144													H-919									S-322
  Idaho													S-1123
  Illinois					H-1	H-1370								S-1475	H-923 H-2649										H-922 H-2540 H-3223				S-1568		H-2591	S-1921 S-2306
  Indiana		S-153											S-509							S-213												H-1219 S-243
  Iowa
  Kansas					H-2302 H-2105																						H-2069		H-2022			S-81
  Kentucky													H-3
  Louisiana				H-583		S-153							HCR-178 S-88			S-8																H-44
  Maine													H-824					H-85		H-653												H-86 H-623 H-717
  Maryland						H-314 H-804 S-784							H-933						H-136		S-405				H-650		S-12		H-1130 S-758	H-795
  Massachusetts																																H-1839
  Michigan					H-4952									H-108																		S-174	H-4966 H-4967 H-4968 H-4969
  Minnesota					S-523																			S-1307		S-840		H-748	H-542
  Mississippi													H-673
  Missouri		S-16																							H-34
  Montana													H-478 S-259					S-30		H-13	H-226			S-185	H-464							H-40
  Nebraska
  Nevada			A-185			A-181							A-67 A-146												A-281 S-135			S-506		A-12		S-127
  New Hampshire																																	S-173
  New Mexico					H-101	H-216							H-304								S-352								H-443 S-557			S-371
  New Jersey													A-3352											ACR-199						A-2648		A-2878
  New York		S-4762																S-2607						A-4359
  North Carolina					S-542								S-122 S-683	H-786										H-767								H-214 S-91
  North Dakota						S-2062																		S-2127					H-1056 S-2247			S-2113
  Ohio
  Oklahoma						S-396	S-5						H-1058							S-1031												H-1325 S-199 S-426		H-2903
  Oregon	H-3315		S-135	S-821		H-2902			H-2950				S-673							H-2669 H-2977 S-252 S-643 S-849					H-2545 H-2646		S-1	H-3342	H-2207 H-2540 H-2683 S-667			H-2654
  Pennsylvania
  Rhode Island					H-5696 S-843				H-5889									H-5079 S-256					H-6289						H-6065 S-980			H-5670 S-767
  South Carolina
  South Dakota
  Tennessee															S-833			H-501							S-1209	S-1017	S-667		H-1223			S-83 S-834
  Texas				S-965			S-1286								H-2015					H-3739			H-1259				H-2924		H-483			H-1632 H-2012
  Utah			S-99										H-163		S-22					S-142										S-95		H-100
  Vermont						H-99																							H-280			S-7
  Virginia		H-1681											H-2061										H-2088									H-1889 H-1931 S-776
  Washington		S-5056											H-1291 S-5669		H-1835 S-5476					S-5142									S-5770	S-5577		S-5211 S-5227
  West Virginia													H-2814											H-2361					S-355
  Wisconsin
  Wyoming													H-133																H-79	H-221