Commerce, Agriculture and Natural Resources Sub

Order. The clerk will open the roll for roll call. The clerk will close roll. We have six. We have a quorum. We have six present. Thank you. We have before us House Bill 5 delegate Congress. Fowler and our staff will report the bill. Yes, Mr. Chairman. The bill before the subcommittee requires all employees to be provided of one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours of work. This includes private employers, state and individual, state and local employers, including those paid on a fee for service basis. It allows health care employees working less than 30 hours a week or employed on an as needed basis to waive the right to paid sick leave. It requires the Department of Labor and Industry to receive and enforce all complaints related to the policy. The current paid sick leave policy for the commonwealth is limited to health care workers working at least 20 hours per month. The cost of the bill are to the Department of Labor and industry requiring 14 positions and $3.1 million in the first year of the biennium and $2.2 million in the second year of the biennium to enforce the bill. Additionally,…