Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Labor and Workplace Standards Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2459
Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2028, the annual salary or wages paid to an officer or employee of certain state agencies may not exceed 10 times the lowest annual salary or wages paid to a full-time officer or employee of the agency.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: The Act says that some state agencies may not pay a worker more than 10 times as much as the lowest paid worker in the agency. The Act lets an agency ask for an exemption. The Act makes some agencies report to the LFO. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.5). Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2028, the annual salary or wages paid to an officer or employee of certain state agencies may not exceed 10 times the lowest annual salary or wages paid to a full-time officer or employee of the agency. Allows an agency to request an exemption. Requires certain agencies, including agencies not subject to the limit on salary and wages, to report to the Legislative Fiscal Officer.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 13 to June 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days
Labor and Workplace StandardsJan 17 to Jun 27 · stopped161 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 13 – Jun 27
- Jan 13Introduced
- Jan 17Sent to Labor and Workplace Standards
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Jan 17Referred to Labor and Workplace Standards with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives