WA People
BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

HB 1374: State agency debt collection

Requiring state agencies to use private collection agencies.

Summary

  • Requires state agencies and institutions to: (1) Assign all debts over ninety days past due to a collection agency; and (2) Give preference to businesses that have hired state employees displaced by the act. Requires the department of general administration to develop a process to certify which businesses meet the requirement above.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 20, 2011
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Christopher Hurst (D-31)
Introduced
January 20, 2011 in the House
Last action
April 11, 2012
Companion bill
SB 5284

AN ACT Relating to state agency debt collection;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Christopher Hurst (D-31)

4 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 3 Republicans)

Bruce Dammeier R-25Fred Finn D-35Jim McCune R-2Norm Johnson R-14

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  6. First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs.

HB 1374 in other sessions

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

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