BILL · 1993–94 SESSION
HB 1354: Workers' comp death benefit
Regulating industrial insurance death benefit payments.
Summary
- The maximum amount paid for burial expenses by the Department of Labor and Industries or self-insured employer if an injured worker dies as a result of his or her injury or illness is changed from $2,000 to 200 percent of the average monthly wage (currently $3,947).
From the House Bill Report (HB 1354), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
- IntroducedJan 25, 1993
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Grace Cole (D-32)
- Introduced
- January 25, 1993 in the House
- Last action
- March 11, 1994
- Requested by
- State agency
- Companion bill
- SB 5550
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Grace Cole (D-32)
2 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
HB 1354 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1354 (2025–26) Session employees/PEBB
- HB 1354 (2023–24) School volunteers/conviction
- HB 1354 (2021–22) Suicide review teams
- HB 1354 (2019–20) Scan-down allowances
- HB 1354 (2017–18) DSHS/long-term care settings
- HB 1354 (2015–16) Employee antiretaliation
- HB 1354 (2013–14) Industrial insurance law
- HB 1354 (2011–12) School & educ serv districts