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HB1072 Relative to employer notice of department of labor investigations.

Labor & Employment Dead Auto-scored

Relative to employer notice of department of labor investigations.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

4

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

4
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Your Wallet

Could weaken enforcement of labor laws that protect workers' wages, safety, and rights, potentially leading to more wage theft and unsafe conditions.

3
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Your Community

Advance notice of investigations could enable bad actors to hide violations, undermining worker protections that benefit entire communities.

6
⚖️

Your Freedom

Provides employers with due process protections, but could come at the expense of workers' rights to a safe and fair workplace.

Status

Veto Sustained 08/19/2026: Regular Calendar 160-159 Lacking Necessary Two-Thirds Vote House Journal 16

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Brian Labrie (R)

The Short Version

Would require the department of labor to provide notice to employers when launching investigations. While transparency is important, advance notice of labor investigations could allow employers to conceal violations before inspectors arrive.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Employers subject to labor investigations

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Workers in unsafe or exploitative workplaces
  • ▼ Department of Labor enforcement effectiveness

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 159 for , 16 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 1 for , 143 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Veto Override 2026-08-19
Passed

YES = Override the veto (keep the bill alive). NO = Let the veto stand (kill the bill).

159R + 1D
Voted to Override (160)
16R + 143D
Voted to Sustain Veto (159)
26
Absent
39
Not voting
Show all 384 individual votes

Voted Yea (160)

Republicans (159)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (159)

Republicans (16)
Democrats (143)
Absent (26)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , Cindy Bennett (R) , Darrell Louis (R) , Debra DeSimone (R) , Ellen Read (D) , Ellen Rockmore (D) , Gary Daniels (R) , Jim Kofalt (R) , John Potucek (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Karen Ebel (D) , Kevin Verville (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Kristin Noble (R) , Leonard Turcotte (R) , Linda Harriott-Gathright (D) , Loren Selig (D) , Marjorie Smith (D) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Mike Ouellet (R) , Paul Berch (D) , Ron Dunn (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Vanessa Sheehan (R) , Walter Spilsbury (R)

Did not vote (39)

Aidan Ankarberg (I) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Ohm (R) , Bryan Morse (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Dan Bergeron (D) , Daniel LeClerc (D) , David Love (R) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Erica deVries (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , James MacKay (D) , James Summers (R) , Jared Sullivan (D) , Jennifer Mandelbaum (D) , Jim Creighton (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , John Leavitt (R) , John Stone (D) , John Suiter (R) , Lex Berezhny (R) , Mark Vallone (D) , Michael Vose (R) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Riche Colcombe (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Samantha Jacobs (D) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sean Durkin (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Stephanie Grund (D) , Steven Bogert (R) , Travis Corcoran (R) , Travis Toner (R) , Valerie McDonnell (R) , William Dolan (D)

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