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BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

SB 5125: Occupational disease claims

Addressing workers' compensation reform through clarification of occupational disease claims.

Summary

  • The statutory definition of occupational disease is changed, so that an occupational disease must arise out of and in the course of the particular employment in which the worker is exposed to the disease and which meets a four part test: the disease is proximately caused by the distinctive conditions under which the work is performed and risk of exposure inherent therein; the disease arose as a natural incident of…

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 18, 2013
  2. Out of committeeFeb 6, 2014
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Janéa Holmquist Newbry (R-13)
Introduced
January 18, 2013 in the Senate
Last action
March 3, 2014
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to workers' compensation reform through clarification of occupational disease claims;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Janéa Holmquist Newbry (R-13)

11 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 11 Republicans)

John Braun R-20Curtis King R-14Senator R-6Senator R-18Doug Ericksen R-42Don Benton R-17Barbara Bailey R-10Senator R-2Mark Schoesler R-9Senator R-15Mike Hewitt R-16

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. Senate Rules "X" file.
  2. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  3. Minority; do not pass.
  4. CL - Majority; do pass.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  6. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  7. First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

SB 5125 in other sessions

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