WA People
BILL · 1995–96 SESSION · LATEST VERSION ESB 6578

SB 6578: Unemploy comp/unfair labor

Providing unemployment compensation for unemployment resulting from a strike or lockout found to be an unfair labor practice.

Summary

  • Workers involved in a strike or lockout are eligible to receive unemployment benefits if the labor dispute is determined by a sitting judge to be due to an employer's unfair labor practice. Overpayments are not assessed by the Employment Security Department on a striking or locked out worker's unemployment payments if: (1) the worker receives back payments due to the labor settlement package.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6578), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 18, 1996
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Adam Smith (D-33)
Introduced
January 18, 1996 in the Senate
Last action
February 13, 1996
Companion bill
HB 2777
Budget
Has a fiscal note

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Adam Smith (D-33)

16 co-sponsors (16 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Michael Heavey D-34R. Lorraine Wojahn D-27Rosa Franklin D-29Dwight Pelz D-37Kevin Quigley D-39Sid Snyder D-19Karen Fraser D-22Pat Thibaudeau D-43Darlene Fairley D-32Harriet Spanel D-40Dean Sutherland D-17Rosemary McAuliffe D-1Valoria Loveland D-16Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36Albert Bauer D-49Calvin Goings D-25

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

February 13, 1996
Version voted on: ESB 6578
23 Yea 25 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat23101
Republican02400
How each member voted

Excused (1)

Permalink to this vote
1 other recorded vote (amendments, procedural motions)

Senate · AMENDMENT BY SENATOR MCDONALD ON PAGE 2, LINES, 16, 17 - ADOPTED. PRESIDENT VOTED "AYE."

February 13, 1996
Version voted on: ESB 6578
24 Yea 24 Nay 1 Absent 0 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat12310
Republican23100
How each member voted

Absent (1)

Permalink to this vote

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.

SB 6578 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

Report wrong or missing information on this page