HB27
Overtime for certain employees; pay for domestic workers, delayed effective date.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 31, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Rozia Henson (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Overtime for certain employees; domestic workers.
Adds domestic workers, as defined in the bill, to provisions related to overtime pay. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.-
Bill History
- 12/22/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101405D
- 12/22/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/15/2026 - House: Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/21/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/22/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB27)
- 01/22/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/22/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)
- 01/23/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N)
- 01/29/2026 - House: Read first time
- 01/30/2026 - House: Read second time
- 01/30/2026 - House: committee amendments agreed to
- 01/30/2026 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/02/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 1-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/11/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB27)
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/24/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26108320D-S1
- 02/24/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB27)
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/11/2026 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 1-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/30/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/30/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB27ER)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/31/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB27)
- 03/31/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/31/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
- 03/31/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
