WA People
BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

HB 2159: Employer disclosure

Regarding employer disclosures.

Summary

  • Requires employers to give job applicants specific information about jobs in writing and within 24 hours of receiving job applications.
  • Makes the disclosure requirement apply only to persons who had 10 or more full-time employees in the previous year, and only to jobs paying less than 150 percent of the state minimum wage rate.
  • Abolishes civil actions related to violations of the disclosure requirement.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 2159), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 27, 2003
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Steve Conway (D-29)
Introduced
February 27, 2003 in the House
Last action
January 12, 2004
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to information an employer must disclose to an applicant for employment;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Steve Conway (D-29)

4 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Kelli Linville D-42Mark Miloscia D-30Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney D-46Jeff Morris D-40

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. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

HB 2159 in other sessions

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

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