2026 Regular Session
SB445
Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information
Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay for each hour over 168 hours that a firefighter works during a 28-day work period; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each employed firefighter; authorizing a firefighter or the firefighter's exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance if a county or municipality does not provide the payroll information as required or wages due; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 19, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
42 yea–3 nay · 2 absent
April 8, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
124 yea–5 nay · 6 not voting · 6 absent
Committee referrals
March 20, 2026 · House
Government, Labor, and Elections
February 2, 2026 · Senate
Finance
Instrument history
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Senate Approved by the Governor - Chapter 181
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Senate Returned Passed
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House Third Reading Passed (124-5) View roll call
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House Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
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House Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
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House Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
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Senate Third Reading Passed (42-3) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {413020/1 Adopted
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
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Senate Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate First Reading Finance