BILL · 1999–00 SESSION
SB 5840: Wallboard improvement
Establishing a working group on wallboard improvement.
Summary
- Directs the department to adopt occupational safety and health standards that are necessary to address the costs to workers and their families from injuries arising from the material handling of wallboard in construction work. The department shall also, within thirty days of the effective date of this act, establish a working group on wallboard improvement.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 11, 1999
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Julia Patterson (D-33)
- Introduced
- February 11, 1999 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 10, 2000
- Companion bill
- HB 1949
- Budget
- Makes appropriations
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Julia Patterson (D-33)
4 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 0 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 5840 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 5840 (2019–20) Essential health coverage
- SB 5840 (2017–18) B&O tax administration
- SB 5840 (2015–16) Emer medical transportation
- SB 5840 (2013–14) Foreclosure
- SB 5840 (2011–12) Minimum wage & OT complaints