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HB5679 • 2026

Labor: job training; fall prevention training; require employers to pay wages to employees for participating in. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5678'26

Labor: job training; fall prevention training; require employers to pay wages to employees for participating in. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5678'26

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Sponsor
Luke Meerman (District 89), Julie Rogers (District 41), Kathy Schmaltz (District 46), John Roth (District 104), Stephanie Young (District 16), Douglas Wozniak (District 59), Carrie Rheingans (District 47), Morgan Foreman (District 33), Mai Xiong (District 13), Erin Byrnes (District 15), Julie Brixie (District 73), Joey Andrews (District 38), Emily Dievendorf (District 77), Kara Hope (District 74), Jennifer Conlin (District 48), Cynthia Neeley (District 70), Brenda Carter (District 53), Samantha Steckloff (District 19), Jimmie Wilson (District 32), Jason Morgan (District 23), Mike McFall (District 14), Jason Hoskins (District 18), Denise Mentzer (District 61), Matt Koleszar (District 22), Sharon MacDonell (District 56), Regina Weiss (District 5), Natalie Price (District 6)
Last action
2026-03-10
Official status
bill electronically reproduced 03/05/2026
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: job training; fall prevention training; require employers to pay wages to employees for participating in. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5678'26

Labor: job training; fall prevention training; require employers to pay wages to employees for participating in.

What This Bill Does

  • Labor: job training; fall prevention training; require employers to pay wages to employees for participating in.
  • Creates new act.
  • TIE BAR WITH: HB 5678'26

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-10 HJ 20 Pg. 0

    bill electronically reproduced 03/05/2026

  2. 2026-03-05 HJ 19 Pg. 0

    introduced by Representative Rep. Luke Meerman

  3. 2026-03-05 HJ 19 Pg. 0

    read a first time

  4. 2026-03-05 HJ 19 Pg. 0

    referred to Committee on Families and Veterans

Official Summary Text

Labor: job training; fall prevention training; require employers to pay wages to employees for participating in. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5678'26