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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania doubles child labor violation fines to $1,000 for first offenses and up to $3,000 for repeat offenses
Last action · March 25, 2025: Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, March 25, 2025Sponsors: Regina Young and 29 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Pennsylvania increases the criminal penalties for child labor law violations, doubling initial fines to $1,000 and subsequent fines to $3,000 alongside a potential ten-day jail sentence for repeat infractions, effective 30 days after enactment.
Employers who break child labor rules face steeper financial penalties and heightened risks of jail time for repeat infractions.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Employers
Employers face higher financial penalties and potential imprisonment for violating child labor restrictions.
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What is the new fine for a first-time violation of the Child Labor Act?
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Procedural history
11 actions- Mar 25, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, March 25, 2025
- Mar 25, 2025SenateIn the Senate
- Mar 24, 2025HouseFloorThird consideration and final passage, March 24, 2025 (117-85)
- Mar 24, 2025HouseCommitteeRe-reported as committed, March 24, 2025
- Mar 19, 2025HouseRe-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, March 19, 2025
- Mar 19, 2025HouseFloorSecond consideration, March 19, 2025
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- Mar 18, 2025HouseRemoved from table, March 18, 2025
- Feb 5, 2025HouseLaid on the table, Feb. 5, 2025
- Feb 5, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst consideration, Feb. 5, 2025
- Feb 5, 2025HouseCommitteeReported as committed, Feb. 5, 2025
- Jan 16, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Jan. 16, 2025
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- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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