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BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

SB 5552: Protection orders/workplace

Expanding protections against workplace harassment in antiharassment protection orders.

Summary

  • Unlawful harassment includes willful conduct towards a specific person or an employer which seriously alarms, annoys, harasses, or is detrimental to that person or employer and which serves no legitimate or lawful purpose. An employer can be an individual, partnership, association, or corporation, or someone who acts on behalf of an employer with the consent of the employer.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5552), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 28, 2011
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
Introduced
January 28, 2011 in the Senate
Last action
April 11, 2012
Companion bill
HB 1591

AN ACT Relating to protections against workplace harassment in antiharassment protection orders;

Sponsors

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

5 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Janéa Holmquist Newbry R-13Karen Keiser D-33Steve Conway D-29Curtis King R-14Paull Shin D-21

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 Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.

SB 5552 in other sessions

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

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