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BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

HB 1152: Hospital employee breaks

Addressing meal and rest breaks for hospital employees.

Summary

  • Requires that meal and rest periods for certain hospital employees be uninterrupted.
  • Permits rest periods to be taken at any point in the work period.
  • Requires hospitals to record when certain employees take or miss a meal or rest period.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1152), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2013
  2. Out of committeeMar 1, 2013
  3. Passed Housestopped here
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Dawn Morrell (D-25)
Introduced
January 17, 2013 in the House
Last action
January 13, 2014
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to meal and rest breaks for hospital employees;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Dawn Morrell (D-25)

14 co-sponsors (14 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Mike Sells D-38Eileen Cody D-34Joe Fitzgibbon D-34Luis Moscoso D-1Tami Green D-28Hans Dunshee D-44Cindy Ryu D-32Kevin Van De Wege D-24Gerry Pollet D-46Marcie Maxwell D-41Steve Bergquist D-11Senator D-22Jessyn Farrell D-46Sharon Tomiko Santos D-37

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

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. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  5. Minority; do not pass.
  6. APP - Majority; do pass.
  7. APP - Executive action taken by committee.
  8. Referred to Appropriations.
  9. Minority; do not pass.
  10. LWD - Majority; do pass.
  11. LWD - Executive action taken by committee.
  12. First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development.

HB 1152 in other sessions

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

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