Bill Title: Enacts the "standing is tiring (sit) act"; requires employers to provide suitable seats to all employees where the nature of such employees' work reasonably permits seated work; prohibits employers from artificially designing a work space to require standing; requires the department of labor to determine whether the nature of work reasonably permits seated work; creates a private right of action for employees whose employer does not provide seats.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-18 - PRINT NUMBER 1997A [S01997 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Rachel May [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-048	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kristen Gonzalez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-059	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Robert Jackson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jessica Ramos [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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