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HB5579 • 2026

Labor: fair employment practices; use of electronic monitoring or automated decisions tools by an employer; prohibit except for certain purposes. Creates new act.

Labor: fair employment practices; use of electronic monitoring or automated decisions tools by an employer; prohibit except for certain purposes. Creates new act.

Labor
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Sponsor
Penelope Tsernoglou (District 75), Stephen Wooden (District 81), Matt Koleszar (District 22), Cynthia Neeley (District 70), Jason Morgan (District 23), Erin Byrnes (District 15), Mai Xiong (District 13), Kelly Breen (District 21), Mike McFall (District 14), Stephanie Young (District 16), Tonya Phillips (District 7), Julie Brixie (District 73), Veronica Paiz (District 10), Natalie Price (District 6), Carrie Rheingans (District 47), Reggie Miller (District 31), Noah Arbit (District 20), Emily Dievendorf (District 77), Matt Longjohn (District 40), Regina Weiss (District 5), Jennifer Conlin (District 48), Julie Rogers (District 41), Brenda Carter (District 53), Joseph Tate (District 9), John Fitzgerald (District 83), Tullio Liberati (District 2), Peter Herzberg (District 25), Phil Skaggs (District 80), Sharon MacDonell (District 56), Helena Scott (District 8), Laurie Pohutsky (District 17), Tyrone Carter (District 1), Jimmie Wilson (District 32), Morgan Foreman (District 33), Joey Andrews (District 38), Kristian Grant (District 82), Jason Hoskins (District 18), Will Snyder (District 87), Amos O'Neal (District 94), Jasper Martus (District 69), Dylan Wegela (District 26), Kimberly Edwards (District 12), Donavan McKinney (District 11), Alabas Farhat (District 3), Samantha Steckloff (District 19), Betsy Coffia (District 103), Kara Hope (District 74), Denise Mentzer (District 61)
Last action
2026-02-26
Official status
bill electronically reproduced 02/24/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Labor: fair employment practices; use of electronic monitoring or automated decisions tools by an employer; prohibit except for certain purposes. Creates new act.

Labor: fair employment practices; use of electronic monitoring or automated decisions tools by an employer; prohibit except for certain purposes.

What This Bill Does

  • Labor: fair employment practices; use of electronic monitoring or automated decisions tools by an employer; prohibit except for certain purposes.
  • Creates new act.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-26 HJ 16 Pg. 189

    bill electronically reproduced 02/24/2026

  2. 2026-02-24 HJ 14 Pg. 165

    introduced by Representative Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou

  3. 2026-02-24 HJ 14 Pg. 165

    read a first time

  4. 2026-02-24 HJ 14 Pg. 165

    referred to Committee on Economic Competitiveness

Official Summary Text

Labor: fair employment practices; use of electronic monitoring or automated decisions tools by an employer; prohibit except for certain purposes. Creates new act.