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HB 1558 IN
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Employment of minor league baseball players.

IN · session 2025 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 21, 2025

Latest action (Apr 10, 2025) Public Law 67

Summary

Provides that a person who has entered into a contract to play baseball at the minor league level and is compensated under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement is excluded from the definition of "employee" for purposes of the minimum wage law. Provides that a record of daily and weekly hours and wages is not required for any person who has entered into a contract to play baseball at the minor league level and is compensated under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement.

Sponsors (4)

5 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (22)

  1. Jan 21, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions · lower
  2. Jan 21, 2025 Authored by Representative VanNatter · lower
  3. Jan 30, 2025 Committee report: do pass, adopted · lower
  4. Feb 3, 2025 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
  5. Feb 4, 2025 Senate sponsor: Senator Rogers · lower
  6. Feb 4, 2025 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 93: yeas 90, nays 0 · lower
  7. Feb 5, 2025 Referred to the Senate · lower
  8. Feb 4, 2025 Representatives Barrett, Criswell, Gore added as coauthors · lower
  9. Feb 19, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor · upper
  10. Mar 20, 2025 Committee report: do pass, adopted · upper
  11. Mar 24, 2025 Senator Niezgodski added as second sponsor · upper
  12. Mar 24, 2025 Senator Doriot added as third sponsor · upper
  13. Mar 24, 2025 Senator Pol added as cosponsor · upper
  14. Mar 24, 2025 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
  15. Mar 25, 2025 Senator Hunley added as cosponsor · upper
  16. Mar 25, 2025 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 291: yeas 47, nays 0 · upper
  17. Mar 26, 2025 Returned to the House without amendments · upper
  18. Mar 27, 2025 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
  19. Mar 27, 2025 Signed by the Speaker · lower
  20. Apr 3, 2025 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  21. Apr 10, 2025 Signed by the Governor · executive
  22. Apr 10, 2025 Public Law 67 · lower
Subjects
AGENCIES; Department of Labor (DOL)SPORTS AND ATHLETICS (Not Including Schools or Higher Education Athletics)

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