BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 5709: Workers' comp/drug use
Disqualifying from industrial insurance compensation workers who were intoxicated or using a controlled substance.
Summary
- Provides that, if the worker has the same or greater weight of alcohol in his or her blood as that set forth in RCW 46.61.502, or if the worker tests positive for a controlled substance, it shall be conclusively presumed that the injury resulted from the intoxication from alcohol or from use of the controlled substance.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 10, 1997
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Ann Anderson (R-42)
- Introduced
- February 10, 1997 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 1998
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Ann Anderson (R-42)
4 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 4 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor 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 5709 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5709 (2025–26) Public health clinics/tax
- SB 5709 (2023–24) Irrigation dist. elections
- SB 5709 (2021–22) Exclusionary evidence rule
- SB 5709 (2019–20) American Indian scholarships
- SB 5709 (2017–18) Behavioral health/minors
- SB 5709 (2015–16) DSHS provider payment/hrs/wk
- SB 5709 (2013–14) Densified biomass pilot prog
- SB 5709 (2011–12) Microbrewery beer sales