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BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

HB 1538: Education employee COLAs

Restoring cost-of-living increases for educational employees.

Summary

  • Requires an incremental increase to base salary allocations to be provided to school districts for school employees in addition to the required cost-of-living adjustments. Requires each college district to receive an incremental allocation to increase academic employee salaries, including mandatory salary-related benefits, in addition to the required cost-of-living adjustments.

From the Bill Digest (HB 1538), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 22, 2015
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Mike Sells (D-38)
Introduced
January 22, 2015 in the House
Last action
March 10, 2016
Companion bill
SB 5469

AN ACT Relating to restoring cost-of-living increases for educational employees;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Mike Sells (D-38)

18 co-sponsors (18 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Luis Moscoso D-1Hans Dunshee D-44Chris Reykdal D-22Gerry Pollet D-46Senator D-22Tina Orwall D-33Derek Stanford D-1June Robinson D-38Jake Fey D-27Gael Tarleton D-36Cindy Ryu D-32Lillian Ortiz-Self D-21Mia Gregerson D-33Sharon Tomiko Santos D-37Joan McBride D-48Timm Ormsby D-3Brady Walkinshaw D-43Jessyn Farrell D-46

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 Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1538 in other sessions

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