BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

SB 5609: Unemployment insurance

Permitting unemployment insurance claimants to seek work of at least fifteen hours per week.

Summary

Provides that an otherwise eligible individual may not be denied benefits for any week because the individual is available for, seeks, applies for, or accepts only work of at least fifteen hours per week by reason of the application of RCW 50.20.010(3), 50.20.015, 50.20.080, or 50.22.020(1) relating to availability for work and active search for work, or failure to apply for or refusal to accept suitable work.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to unemployment insurance claimants who are available for and actively seeking work of at least fifteen hours per week;

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

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

SB 5609 (2025–26) Cultural resources/land use · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5609 (2023–24) Housing approval · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5609 (2021–22) Juvenile fingerprinting · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5609 (2019–20) State spending limit · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5609 (2017–18) Public assistance/resources · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5609 (2015–16) Synthetic plastic microbeads · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5609 (2013–14) Plat approvals · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5609 (2011–12) Health care financing · Did not pass · died in committee