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SB 1518 — Clarifies the meaning of "companionship services" for purposes of minimum wage and overtime requirements for certain individuals performing such services.

Congress · introduced 2026-01-14

<b>Digest: This Act updates the laws on what wages must be paid to workers who engage in certain domestic services. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act directs BOLI to study issues about worker protections. The Act tells BOLI to submit a report by September 15 of next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).</i>] [<i>Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study issues relating to worker protections. Directs the bureau to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to labor and business no later than September 15, 2027.</i>] [<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2028.</i>] <b>Clarifies the meaning of "companionship services" for purposes of minimum wage and overtime requirements for certain individuals performing such services.</b>

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Action timeline

  1. · state_upper — Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
  2. · state_upper — Referred to Labor and Business.
  3. · state_upper — Informational Meeting held.
  4. · state_upper — Public Hearing and Work Session held.
  5. · state_upper — Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
  6. · state_upper — Second reading.
  7. · state_upper — Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed.
  8. · state_lower — First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
  9. · state_lower — Referred to Labor and Workforce Development.
  10. · state_lower — Public Hearing and Work Session held.
  11. · state_lower — Recommendation: Do pass.
  12. · state_lower — Second reading.
  13. · state_lower — Third reading. Carried by Rieke Smith. Passed.
  14. · state_upper — President signed.
  15. · state_lower — Speaker signed.
  16. · state_upper — Governor signed.
  17. · state_upper — Chapter 2, 2026 Laws.
  18. · state_upper — Effective date, January 1, 2027.

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Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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