BILL · 1997–98 SESSION · LATEST VERSION ESB 5984

SB 5984: Power generator installatns

Regulating power generator installations.

Summary

Manufacturers of power generators and their employees are not required to obtain an electrical contractor = s license or electrical journeyman/specialty certificate while installing, maintaining or repairing premanufactured power generation or control equipment.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5984), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

IntroducedFeb 25, 1997
Out of committeestopped here
Passed Senate
Passed House
Governor
Law

Prime sponsor: Ray Schow (R-30)
Introduced: February 25, 1997 in the Senate
Last action: March 19, 1997
Versions: ESB 5984, SSB 5984

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

March 17, 1997

Version voted on: ESB 5984

23 Yea 26 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	0	23	0	0
Republican	23	3	0	0

How each member voted

Yea (23)

Nay (26)

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1 other recorded vote (amendments, procedural motions)

Senate · AMENDMENT BY SENATORS SCHOW AND NEWHOUSE TO STRIKE EVERYTHING AFTER THE ENACTING CLAUSE - ADOPTED.

March 17, 1997

Version voted on: ESB 5984

27 Yea 21 Nay 1 Absent 0 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	1	21	1	0
Republican	26	0	0	0

How each member voted

Yea (27)

Nay (21)

Absent (1)

Jim Hargrove D-24

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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 5984 in other sessions

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

SB 5984 (2025–26) AI companion chatbots · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5984 (2023–24) Higher ed. nonresidents · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5984 (2021–22) Spirits products from Russia · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5984 (2019–20) Dissolution/doc. language · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5984 (2017–18) Apple health on HB exchange · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5984 (2015–16) Leasehold excise tax credit · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5984 (2013–14) Flame retardants · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5984 (2011–12) Local government finances · Enacted · Chapter 4, Laws of 2012

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