BILL · 1997–98 SESSION

SB 5571: Unemplymnt/workers comp form

Providing for a single form for employers to report unemployment insurance contributions and industrial insurance premiums and assessments.

Summary

Employers are to report industrial insurance premiums and unemployment insurance contributions on a unified form beginning with reports due in calendar year 1998. The unified report is to be a multiple part form mailed to a central location with separate pages being forwarded to the Employment Security Department and the Department of Labor and Industries.

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Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 325, Laws of 1997

IntroducedJan 31, 1997
Out of committee
Passed SenateMar 12, 1997
Passed HouseApr 17, 1997
Partly vetoed
LawMay 12, 1997

Prime sponsor: Irv Newhouse (R-15)
Introduced: January 31, 1997 in the Senate
Last action: May 12, 1997
Session law: Chapter 325, Laws of 1997
Requested by: Other
Companion bill: HB 1516
Budget: Has a fiscal note

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

March 12, 1997

Version voted on: SB 5571

48 Yea 0 Nay 1 Absent 0 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	23	0	0	0
Republican	25	0	1	0

How each member voted

Yea (48)

Absent (1)

Jeannette Wood R-21

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House · Final Passage

April 17, 1997

Version voted on: SB 5571

96 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 2 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	41	0	0	1
Republican	55	0	0	1

How each member voted

Yea (96)

Excused (2)

Lynn Kessler D-24
Steve Van Luven R-48

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Senate · Final Passage

April 22, 1997

Version voted on: SB 5571

29 Yea 16 Nay 0 Absent 4 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	6	16	0	1
Republican	23	0	0	3

How each member voted

Yea (29)

Nay (16)

Excused (4)

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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 5571 in other sessions

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

SB 5571 (2025–26) Exterior cladding materials · Enacted · Chapter 270, Laws of 2025
SB 5571 (2023–24) Public records act requests · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5571 (2021–22) 911 emergency communications · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5571 (2019–20) Military benefit zone prg · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5571 (2017–18) Compost & recycling/schools · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5571 (2015–16) Convention cntrs tx deferral · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5571 (2013–14) Mental illness, consequences · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5571 (2011–12) Anaerobic digestion · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

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SB 5571: Unemplymnt/workers comp form

Summary

Sponsors

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

Yea (48)

Absent (1)

House · Final Passage

Yea (96)

Excused (2)

Senate · Final Passage

Yea (29)

Nay (16)

Excused (4)

History

SB 5571 in other sessions