Bill Title: Clarifies that the statutory damages available for certain wage violations are not punitive in nature and are designed to be liquidated damages rather than penalties or to compensate workers for the employer's failure to prevent wage theft and for the harm to employees that results from such failure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-09 - referred to labor [A09800 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember Harry Bronson [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-138	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Juan Ardila [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Jo Simon [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Karen McMahon [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-146	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Steven Raga [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-030	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A

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