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BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

SB 5306: Sick & safe employment leave

Establishing minimum standards for sick and safe leave from employment.

Summary

  • Provides employees with sick and safe leave from employment.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 19, 2015
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Cyrus Habib (D-48)
Introduced
January 19, 2015 in the Senate
Last action
March 10, 2016
Companion bill
HB 1356
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to assuring that all workers may take at least forty hours of accrued paid sick or safe leave per year and that workers for employers with more than fifty full-time equivalent employees may take greater amounts of paid leave, excepting only certain occasional Washington workers, workers of employers with four or fewer full-time equivalent employees, and workers in certain new firms;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Cyrus Habib (D-48)

20 co-sponsors (19 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Pam Roach R-31Marko Liias D-21Pramila Jayapal D-37Annette Cleveland D-49Bob Hasegawa D-11John McCoy D-38Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36Sharon Nelson D-34Steve Conway D-29Karen Fraser D-22Karen Keiser D-33Christine Rolfes D-23Rosemary McAuliffe D-1Maralyn Chase D-32Jeannie Darneille D-27Jamie Pedersen D-43Senator D-46Mark Mullet D-5Andy Billig D-3Kevin Ranker D-40

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 Commerce & Labor.

SB 5306 in other sessions

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