03/09/2022 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE

                ELIMINATE MINIMUM WAGE EXEMPTION                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:19:53 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS announced that the  first order of business would                                                               
be  HOUSE BILL  NO.  372,  "An Act  relating  to exemptions  from                                                               
minimum wage."                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:20:18 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ moved to adopt  Amendment 1 to HB 372, labeled                                                               
32-LS1588\A.6, Klein, 3/7/22, which read:                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
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               "[(1)  AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE EARNING CAPACITY                                                                      
     IS IMPAIRED  BY PHYSICAL OR MENTAL  DEFICIENCY, AGE, OR                                                                    
     INJURY, AT  THE WAGES  AND SUBJECT TO  THE RESTRICTIONS                                                                    
     AND  FOR THE  PERIOD  OF  TIME THAT  ARE  FIXED BY  THE                                                                    
     COMMISSIONER; AND]"                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
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3:20:21 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS objected for purposes of discussion.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:20:24 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ  explained Amendment  1 would remove  from the                                                               
bill an  allowance that individuals under  the age of 18  who are                                                               
employed by a nonprofit organization  are exempt from the minimum                                                               
wage statute.  It isn't being  used in law right now, she stated,                                                               
and the underlying  rationale of HB 372 is to  ensure that people                                                               
are being fairly compensated for their work.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:21:03 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  FIELDS removed  his objection  to Amendment  1.   There                                                               
being no further objection, Amendment 1 was adopted.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:21:12 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS  opened public testimony  on HB 372,  then closed                                                               
it after ascertaining that no one wished to testify.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:21:33 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR SPOHNHOLZ  moved to  report HB 372,  as amended,  out of                                                               
committee  with individual  recommendations and  the accompanying                                                               
fiscal notes.  There being  no objection, CSHB 372(L&C) was moved                                                               
out of the House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.