BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

SB 5629: Employer's indebtedness

Changing provisions relating to an employer's indebtedness to a deceased person for unpaid wages, labor, or services performed.

Summary

The maximum amount of unpaid wages or salary payable to a surviving spouse is increased from $2,500 to $10,000, where the employer is the state. By administrative policy, the Office of Financial Management may adjust the amount to be paid based on the percentage increase in the Seattle Consumer Price Index.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5629), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

AN ACT Relating to an employer's indebtedness to a deceased person for unpaid wages, labor, or services performed;

No recorded floor votes.

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

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SB 5629 (2021–22) Disposition of remains · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5629 (2019–20) Small modular reactors · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5629 (2017–18) Title insurance rating orgs. · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5629 (2015–16) Offender supervision/credits · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5629 (2013–14) Emergency dept. overcrowding · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5629 (2011–12) Commercial drivers · Did not pass · died in committee