The Rules Committees is a powerful standing committee in the House controlled by the majority. All legislation is assigned to the Rules Committee as a kind of legislative filter that sorts the more-than-6,000 bills introduced each year. The committee considers the legislation and often assigns it to other committees in order to be heard by other lawmakers. Sometimes, legislation dies in the Rules Committee if the committee decides it does not merit further consideration.
In the event that a committee fails to report to the House on a bill by applicable deadlines, it is automatically re-referred to the Rules Committee according to House rule 19(a). This is what happened with this bill.
The bill, as it was introduced in the House by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray (D-81) on Feb. 6, "amends the Minimum Wage Law to provide that an employer shall pay a person no less than the minimum wage rate if the person is a student enrolled in an institution of higher education whose employment is part of a work study or internship program approved by that institution, regardless of whether the person is receiving course credit from that institution for the employment" and "effective immediately," according to the General Assembly website.
The following house representatives also co-sponsored the bill: Jonathan Carroll (D-57) and Will Guzzardi (D-39).
The table below shows a history of actions for this bill through March 29.
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