BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 1610: Employment definition

Defining employment for purposes of the state unemployment tax.

Summary

Exempts the following from the definition of "employment" for purposes of unemployment compensation statutes: Services performed by individuals age fourteen to twenty-two years, which applies only to the determination of whether state unemployment tax premiums are owed.

From the Bill Digest (HB 1610), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to definition of employment for purposes of the state unemployment tax;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Jan 8, 2018By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jun 21, 2017By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
May 23, 2017By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Apr 24, 2017By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jan 25, 2017First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

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

HB 1610 (2025–26) Critical energy infra./PRA · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1610 (2023–24) Public health/consumers · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1610 (2021–22) OT licensure compact · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1610 (2019–20) Lost & damaged fishing gear · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1610 (2015–16) Jury service · Enacted · Chapter 7, Laws of 2015
HB 1610 (2013–14) School administrators · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1610 (2011–12) Water resources management · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1610 (2009–10) Biomass energy · Did not pass · died in committee