2026 Regular Session
HB299
Fraud Prevention, Prevailing Wage, and Living Wage - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than $15,000 in a calendar year; altering the enforcement mechanisms related to workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws, including authorizing the Attorney General to investigate and bring suit in a certain manner; etc.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
6 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 613826/1 (Delegate Pippy) Rejected
Failed
29 yea–85 nay · 17 not voting · 10 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 453524/1 (Delegate Adams) Rejected
Failed
33 yea–86 nay · 12 not voting · 10 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 913226/1 (Delegate Adams) Rejected
Failed
32 yea–89 nay · 10 not voting · 10 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 933720/1 (Delegate Hutchinson) Rejected
Failed
34 yea–89 nay · 8 not voting · 10 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 663426/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected
Failed
32 yea–87 nay · 11 not voting · 11 absent
April 6, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
98 yea–36 nay · 2 not voting · 5 absent
Committee referrals
April 13, 2026 · Senate
Finance
April 7, 2026 · Senate
Rules
January 14, 2026 · House
Government, Labor, and Elections
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Adopted
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Senate Committee Amendment {133121/1 Adopted
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Senate Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ready) Rejected
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {133121/1
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
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Senate Rereferred to Finance
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Senate Referred Rules
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House Third Reading Passed (98-36) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Floor Amendment {663426/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected (32-87)
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House Floor Amendment {933720/1 (Delegate Hutchinson) Rejected (34-89)
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House Floor Amendment {913226/1 (Delegate Adams) Rejected (32-89)
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House Floor Amendment {453524/1 (Delegate Adams) Rejected (33-86)
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House Floor Amendment {613826/1 (Delegate Pippy) Rejected (29-85)
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House Motion Special Order until 04/03 (Delegate Pippy) Adopted
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House Floor Amendment {443224/1 (Delegate Ruth) Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments {613028/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
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House Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
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House Pre-filed