BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

HB 1868: Injured workers/disability

Concerning long-term disability for injured workers.

Summary

Allows a worker awarded an industrial insurance pension to earn wages, with certain deductions from pension payments.
Provides that a pension ends at federal retirement age when the residuals of the workplace injury are not the predominant factor causing the worker’s inability to work or be retrained.
Increases permanent partial disability awards by 30 percent, except for hearing loss awards.
Authorizes State Fund employers to receive a wage subsidy and reimbursements for employing an injured worker at light duty or transitional work.
Allows workers age 55 or older eligible for vocational retraining to select a settlement of one-third the value of the pension annuity.
Establishes the Safety and Health Investment Projects program in statute.

From the House Bill Analysis 2011 (HB 1868), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to industrial insurance long-term disability;

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.

HB 1868 (2025–26) Athletic trainers in schools · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1868 (2023–24) Power equipment emissions · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1868 (2021–22) Health care staffing · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1868 (2019–20) RTA tax nullification · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1868 (2017–18) Oil pipeline tax · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1868 (2015–16) County road fund purposes · Enacted · Chapter 223, Laws of 2015
HB 1868 (2013–14) Disabled LEOFF plan2 members · Enacted · Chapter 287, Laws of 2013
HB 1868 (2009–10) Small employer health insur · Did not pass · died in committee