BILL · 2015–16 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6289

SB 6289: Digital indep. contractors

Addressing the use of a digital platform to employ certain independent contractors.

Summary

Provides that an entity administering a digital platform for certain domestic services and gardening, maintenance, or repair in a private home is not an employer for purposes of industrial insurance.

From the Substitute House Bill Analysis 2016 (SSB 6289), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

AN ACT Relating to employing certain independent contractors through the use of a digital platform;

Passed February 16, 2016

Version voted on: SSB 6289

31 Yea 18 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	6	18	0	0
Republican	25	0	0	0

How each member voted

Mar 10, 2016By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 6289)
Mar 10, 2016By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. (SSB 6289)
Feb 18, 2016First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). (SSB 6289)
Feb 16, 2016Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. (SSB 6289)
Feb 16, 2016Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. (SSB 6289)
Feb 16, 20161st substitute bill substituted. (SSB 6289)
Feb 16, 20161st substitute bill substituted.
Feb 12, 2016Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (SSB 6289)
Feb 12, 2016Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Jan 28, 2016Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 6289)
Jan 28, 2016CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6289)
Jan 28, 2016Minority; do not pass. (SSB 6289)
Jan 28, 2016Minority; do not pass.
Jan 28, 2016CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 28, 2016Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Jan 14, 2016First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

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

SB 6289 (2025–26) Economic dev. strategic plan · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6289 (2023–24) 16&17 y/o employ. work group · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6289 (2019–20) Firearm rights restoration · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6289 (2017–18) School substitutes/2008 ERF · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6289 (2013–14) Partial property tax payment · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6289 (2011–12) Self-employment training · Enacted · Chapter 40, Laws of 2012
SB 6289 (2009–10) Phosphorus in lake water · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6289 (2007–08) Puget Sound Dungeness crab · Enacted · Chapter 244, Laws of 2008