BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 5892: Pub utilities/UTC notificatn
Requiring public service companies to notify the utilities and transportation commission.
Summary
- Declares that a public service company is required to notify the commission ninety days prior to a work force reduction, merger, or downsizing of one hundred or more employees that occurs within a ninety-day period. The company must submit documentation of the potential impact on quality of service and worker and public safety resulting from the proposed downsizing or merger.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 18, 1997
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Lena Swanson (D-35)
- Introduced
- February 18, 1997 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 1998
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Lena Swanson (D-35)
3 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
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SB 5892 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- SB 5892 (2017–18) RTA capital project reauth.
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- SB 5892 (2013–14) Corrections costs
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