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BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

SB 5917: Workers' compensation

Describing worker rights under industrial insurance.

Summary

  • The Department of Labor and Industries must include the fact that a worker may choose his or her health provider, including a chiropractor, in the notification of injured worker rights.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 7, 2001
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Margarita Prentice (D-11)
Introduced
February 7, 2001 in the Senate
Last action
January 14, 2002
Companion bill
HB 1950
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to worker rights under industrial insurance;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Margarita Prentice (D-11)

4 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Shirley Winsley R-28Don Benton R-17Marilyn Rasmussen D-2Georgia Gardner D-42

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions.

SB 5917 in other sessions

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

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