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BILL · 2005–06 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6356

SB 6356: Minimum labor standards

Establishing minimum labor standards for certain large employers as related to health care services expenditures.

Summary

  • Employers who employ more than 5000 persons must report annually to the director of the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) their health care expenditures and their payroll for the preceding calendar year. In reporting their payroll, employers may exclude wages paid to employees that are more than 150 percent of the average annual wage and wages paid to employees who are enrolled in or eligible for Medicare.

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 11, 2006
  2. Out of committeeFeb 3, 2006
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
Introduced
January 11, 2006 in the Senate
Last action
February 24, 2006
Companion bill
HB 2517
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 6356, SSB 6356

AN ACT Relating to establishing minimum labor standards for certain large employers as related to health care services expenditures;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)

7 co-sponsors (7 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Karen Keiser D-33Rosemary McAuliffe D-1Rosa Franklin D-29Pat Thibaudeau D-43Darlene Fairley D-32Margarita Prentice D-11Adam Kline D-37

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 6356)
  2. Senate Rules "X" file.
  3. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 6356)
  4. LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6356)
  5. Minority; do not pass. (SSB 6356)
  6. Minority; do not pass.
  7. LCRD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  8. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  9. First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.

SB 6356 in other sessions

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