House Bill 718
2025-2026 Regular Session
An Act amending the act of July 14, 1961 (P.L.637, No.329), known as the Wage Payment and Collection Law, further providing for definitions; providing for duty of department to report and for investigations; further providing for civil remedies and penalties, for liquidated damages and for criminal penalties; providing for employer liability; and establishing the Wage Enforcement Fund.
Co-Sponsorship Memo
Prime Sponsor
Representative Emily Kinkead
D House District 20
Co-Sponsors
Rep. Dan Miller
D House District 42
Rep. Benjamin Sanchez
D House District 153
Rep. Ben Waxman
D House District 182
Rep. Carol Hill-Evans
D House District 95
Rep. MaryLouise Isaacson
D House District 175
Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler
D House District 184
Rep. Tarah Probst
D House District 189
Rep. Chris Pielli
D House District 156
Rep. Jeanne McNeill
D House District 133
Rep. Michael Schlossberg
D House District 132
Rep. Tarik Khan
D House District 194
Rep. Melissa Cerrato
D House District 151
Rep. Christopher Rabb
D House District 200
Rep. Jim Haddock
D House District 118
Rep. Ed Neilson
D House District 174
Rep. Kristine Howard
D House District 167
Rep. Jose Giral
D House District 180
Rep. Danielle Friel Otten
D House District 155
Rep. Dan Williams
D House District 74
Rep. La'Tasha Mayes
D House District 24
Rep. Joseph Hohenstein
D House District 177
Rep. Daniel Deasy
D House District 27
Rep. G. Roni Green
D House District 190
Rep. Robert Freeman
D House District 136
Rep. Mandy Steele
D House District 33
Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta
D House District 181
Rep. Keith Harris
D House District 195
Bill Status & History
Last Action: Referred to Labor & Industry, Feb. 24, 2025
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Statute References
This bill amends the act of July 14, 1961 (P.L.0637, No.0329), known as the Wage Payment And Collection Law. Other bills amending the same statute are listed below.
Rep. Emily Kinkead
D House District 20
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July 14, 1961 (P.L.0637, No.0329), known as the Wage Payment And Collection Law
House Bill 718
2025-2026 Regular Session
Sponsors
KINKEAD, D. MILLER, SANCHEZ, WAXMAN, HILL-EVANS, ISAACSON, FIEDLER, PROBST, PIELLI, McNEILL, SCHLOSSBERG, KHAN, CERRATO, RABB, HADDOCK, NEILSON, HOWARD, GIRAL, OTTEN, D. WILLIAMS, MAYES, HOHENSTEIN, DEASY, GREEN, FREEMAN, STEELE, KENYATTA, K.HARRIS
Short Title
An Act amending the act of July 14, 1961 (P.L.637, No.329), known as the Wage Payment and Collection Law, further providing for definitions; providing for duty of department to report and for investigations; further providing for civil remedies and penalties, for liquidated damages and for criminal penalties; providing for employer liability; and establishing the Wage Enforcement Fund.
Memo Subject
Addressing the Most Significant Type of Theft in the US – Wage Theft
Actions
| 0737 | Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Feb. 24, 2025 |
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