WA People
BILL · 2007–08 SESSION

HB 1306: Overtime for nurses

Extending prohibition of mandatory overtime to nurses in the public sector.

Summary

  • Adds various public facilities, including state hospitals, veterans' homes, residential habilitation centers, and correctional facilities, to the health care facilities prohibited from requiring overtime from their nursing staff.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1306), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 16, 2007
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Tami Green (D-28)
Introduced
January 16, 2007 in the House
Last action
January 14, 2008
Companion bill
SB 5848
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to revising the mandatory overtime prohibition applicable to nurses, but only with respect to increasing the types of health care facilities that are subject to the prohibition from requiring nurses to perform overtime work;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Tami Green (D-28)

11 co-sponsors (10 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Dawn Morrell D-25Eileen Cody D-34Brendan Williams D-22Steve Conway D-29Jeannie Darneille D-27Christopher Hurst D-31Tom Campbell R-2Maralyn Chase D-32Geoff Simpson D-47Alex Wood D-3Jim Moeller D-49

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. Referred to Appropriations.
  3. Minority; do not pass.
  4. CL - Majority; do pass.
  5. CL - Executive action taken by committee.
  6. First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

HB 1306 in other sessions

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

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