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BILL · 2017–18 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 1300

HB 1300: Employee status enforcement

Simplifying and enforcing employee status under employment laws to ensure fairness to employers and employees and address the underground economy.

Summary

  • Creates the Employee Fair Classification Act, which prohibits misclassification of employees as independent contractors and creates remedies, including civil penalties and damages.
  • Defines "independent contractor" for purposes of the Employee Fair Classification Act and establishes the same definition for purposes of the Minimum Wage Act, unemployment insurance, industrial insurance, and other employment laws.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1300), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 16, 2017
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Marcus Riccelli (D-3)
Introduced
January 16, 2017 in the House
Last action
January 8, 2018
Companion bill
SB 5527
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 1300, SHB 1300

AN ACT Relating to simplifying and enforcing employee status under employment laws to ensure fairness to employers and employees and address the underground economy;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Marcus Riccelli (D-3)

13 co-sponsors (13 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Mia Gregerson D-33Strom Peterson D-21Steve Tharinger D-24Nicole Macri D-43Cindy Ryu D-32Joe Fitzgibbon D-34Laurie Jinkins D-27Roger Goodman D-45Derek Stanford D-1Timm Ormsby D-3Sharon Tomiko Santos D-37Steve Bergquist D-11Jessyn 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. (SHB 1300)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1300)
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1300)
  6. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  7. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1300)
  8. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  9. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 1300)
  10. Referred to Appropriations.
  11. LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1300)
  12. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 1300)
  13. Minority; do not pass.
  14. LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  15. First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1300 in other sessions

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

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