BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

SB 5578: WorkFirst

Increasing the amount of vocational education that qualifies as a work activity under WorkFirst.

Summary

WorkFirst participants engaging in vocation educational training as a "work activity" can do so for twenty-four months.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5578), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to vocational educational training as a work activity under Washington WorkFirst;

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.

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