BILL · 1997–98 SESSION

HB 2084: Vocational rehabilitation

Regulating vocational rehabilitation benefits.

Summary

  • The amount that the Department of Labor and Industries may spend in a 52-week period for an injured worker's vocational rehabilitation benefits is increased from $3,000 to $3,750. A person who provides on-the-job training or transitional return to work rehabilitation for injured workers may elect to cover these workers under industrial insurance, regardless of whether the person pays a wage to the workers.

From the Senate Bill Report (HB 2084), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
  1. IntroducedFeb 19, 1997
  2. Out of committee
  3. Passed HouseMar 15, 1997
  4. Passed Senatestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Grace Cole (D-32)
Introduced
February 19, 1997 in the House
Last action
January 30, 1998
Budget
Has a fiscal note

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Grace Cole (D-32)

1 co-sponsor (0 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Votes

House · Final Passage

March 15, 1997
Version voted on: HB 2084
96 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 2 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat41001
Republican55001
How each member voted

Yea (96)

Excused (2)

History

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HB 2084 in other sessions

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