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BILL · 1999–00 SESSION · LATEST VERSION ESHB 2238

HB 2238: Workers' compensation plan

Implementing recommendations for industrial insurance.

Summary

  • $ Requires the Department of Labor and Industries to develop a plan for implementing the recommendations of the Joint Legislative Audit Review Committee Workers' Compensation Performance Audit by September 15, 1999, and to report this plan, and a plan for improving vocational services, to the Legislature by December 1, 1999.
  • C Requires a report on implementing Recommendation 2 of the audit (employer reporting) by September 15, 1999.
  • C Authorizes injured workers to file applications for industrial insurance benefits with their employers beginning January 1, 2001.

From the Substitute House Bill Report (SHB 2238), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
  1. IntroducedFeb 23, 1999
  2. Out of committee
  3. Passed HouseMar 16, 1999
  4. Passed Senatestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jim Clements (R-14)
Introduced
February 23, 1999 in the House
Last action
January 26, 2000
Versions
HB 2238, ESHB 2238

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jim Clements (R-14)

1 co-sponsor (1 Democrat, 0 Republicans)

Steve Conway D-29

Votes

House · Final Passage

March 16, 1999
Version voted on: ESHB 2238
93 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 5 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat46003
Republican47002
How each member voted

Yea (93)

Excused (5)

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History

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