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BILL · 1995–96 SESSION

SB 6258: Making welfare work

Making welfare work.

Summary

  • Declares that it is the public policy of the state of Washington, through its aid to families with dependent children program, to require every able-bodied citizen on aid to families with dependent children to engage in paid or unpaid employment or engage in short-term training directed towards employment, to require accountability of all parents, and to discourage teen pregnancy by unwed parents as an action that…

From the Bill Digest (SB 6258), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 9, 1996
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jeannette Wood (R-21)
Introduced
January 9, 1996 in the Senate
Last action
January 9, 1996

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jeannette Wood (R-21)

22 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 22 Republicans)

John Moyer R-3Harold Hochstatter R-13Patricia Hale R-8Ann Anderson R-42Bob McCaslin R-4George Sellar R-12Bob Morton R-7Bob Oke R-26Pam Roach R-31Gary Strannigan R-38Stephen Johnson R-47Dan McDonald R-48Shirley Winsley R-28Ray Schow R-30Alex Deccio R-14Dan Swecker R-20Jeanine Long R-44Joseph Zarelli R-18James West R-6Irv Newhouse R-15Emilio Cantu R-41Bill Finkbeiner R-45

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

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SB 6258 in other sessions

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