SB430
Authority of local governments; service employees.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 19, 2026
House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (14-Y 6-N)
Chief Patron:
Lamont Bagby (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Authority of local governments; service employees.
Permits a locality to provide for certain requirements concerning successor service employers, defined in the bill, by local ordinance or resolution. For example, such local ordinance or resolution may require that successor service employers retain incumbent service employees during a transition period of 90 days. Under the bill, service employees ... (More) are those who perform work in connection with the care or maintenance of property, services at an airport, or food preparation services at schools. The bill provides that an employer that violates the provisions of a local ordinance or resolution enacted pursuant to the bill may be subject to a civil action and monetary damages. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100589D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106939D-S1
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate committee substitute (Voice Vote)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/12/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/18/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/19/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (14-Y 6-N)
