Senate Bill 243

This version of SB 243 revises the regulation of migrant labor housing. It replaces the flat daily civil penalty with one of at least $50 per occupant per day, lets the department and certain resident workers pursue penalties, requires a complaint process with remediation deadlines and occupant relocation rules, bars retaliation, and makes information from other agencies confidential. Six dimensions, including employment regulation, liability exposure, new compliance requirements and spending growth, are each rated -1 Moderate. The ratings point both ways: fraud prevention and audit posture is +1 Moderate and affordability mechanisms +1 Small, while public records is -1 Small.