Tip Wage Elimination: This bill is a top concern for restaurant owners statewide. Eliminating the tip wage would dramatically increase the cost of labor while simultaneously causing tipped employees to lose shifts and jobs while also limiting their earning potential.
Heat Stress Mandates: Proposed workplace legislation could require costly scheduling, training, and infrastructure changes without consideration of seasonal or small business realities. For example, restaurant kitchens could not surpass 85 degrees.
Single-Use Plastics & Utensil Bans: Legislation banning single-use utensils and condiments, unless requested by the customer, is expected to resurface. This costly measure would add even more mandates on the restaurant industry.
Hotel & Motel Guest Classification: This bill clarifies when an occupant qualifies as a residential tenant versus a transient guest – a critical safeguard for hotel and motel operators facing abuse of current law.
“Fun Tax” Revival: Though we successfully stopped the sales tax proposal on bowling, minigolf, and other recreational activities earlier this year, lame duck often resurrects ideas that didn’t advance in session.
