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BILL · 2005–06 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 1173

HB 1173: Family leave insurance

Establishing family leave insurance.

Summary

  • Establishes the family leave insurance program.
  • Provides for payment of benefits of $250 per week for up to five weeks to employees on family leave.
  • Provides for assessment of premiums of 2 cents per hour worked per employee, and authorizes employers to deduct the full amount of premiums from employee wages.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1173), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 18, 2005
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Mary Lou Dickerson (D-36)
Introduced
January 18, 2005 in the House
Last action
January 9, 2006
Companion bill
SB 5069
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 1173, SHB 1173

AN ACT Relating to family leave insurance;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Mary Lou Dickerson (D-36)

28 co-sponsors (27 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Steve Conway D-29Alex Wood D-3Tami Green D-28Eileen Cody D-34Brendan Williams D-22Geoff Simpson D-47Zack Hudgins D-11Tom Campbell R-2John McCoy D-38Mark Ericks D-1Senator D-22Brian Blake D-19Mary Helen Roberts D-21Bill Fromhold D-49Mike Sells D-38Jim Moeller D-49Sherry Appleton D-23Jeannie Darneille D-27Dawn Morrell D-25Shay Schual-Berke D-33Maralyn Chase D-32Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney D-46Dean Takko D-19Bob Hasegawa D-11Ruth Kagi D-32Timm Ormsby D-3Kathy Haigh D-35Sharon Tomiko Santos D-37

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1173)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1173)
  4. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 1173)
  5. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 1173)
  6. Minority; do not pass.
  7. CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  8. CL - Executive action taken by committee.
  9. Referred to Appropriations.
  10. First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

HB 1173 in other sessions

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

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