Providing for exceptions to the state child labor law. Effective 7-1-19

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedFebruary 20, 2019
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   Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
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   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 20, 2019
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   Done: Passes the SenateMarch 26, 201949–0
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   Done: House committeeApril 3, 2019
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   Done: Passes the HouseApril 25, 2019
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   Done: To the GovernorMay 2, 2019
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   Done: Signed into lawMay 10, 2019

Signed into law What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill establishes new exceptions to Code chapter 92, the state child labor law. The bill provides that Code chapter does not prohibit a child from willfully volunteering as defined by federal regulation for a charitable or public purpose. The bill provides that Code chapter does not prohibit a child years of age or older from being employed by a charitable organization or unit of state or local government as a referee for a sport program sponsored by that charitable organization or unit of state or local government or by an organization of referees sponsored by an organization recognized by the United States olympic committee under federal law.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed¹

House subcommittee

Named April 2, 2019. On April 3, 2019 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Phil Thompson R
• Rep. Daniel Adair Huseman R
• Rep. Monica Kurth DEmail

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