HB 1601: Labor Regulations
GENERAL BILL by Johnson
Labor Regulations; Revises conditions under which employer may not take retaliatory personnel action against employee; requires employee to provide specified written notice to supervisor or employer; requires employee to provide employer reasonable opportunity to correct activity, policy, or practice; prohibits employee from recovering in specified actions unless employee took certain actions; requires employee to prove that employer's reasons for certain retaliatory personnel action are false; removes option for court to award other compensatory damages; requires, rather than authorizing, court to award attorney fees & costs; precluding certain claims.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/28/2025 House • Filed
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HB 1601, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/28/2025 at 5:30 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1776 Employment Rights McClain Similar Last Action: 2/28/2025 S Filed 
Citations - Statutes (6)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 112.3187 Adverse action against employee for disclosing information of specified nature prohibited; employee remedy and relief. Page 2 (pdf) 448.101 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf) 448.102 Prohibitions. Page 3 (pdf) 448.103 Employee’s remedy; relief. Page 5 (pdf) 448.104 Attorney’s fees and costs. Page 6 (pdf) 448.105 Existing rights. Page 6 (pdf)