BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 2697: Workers' comp/liquor & drugs

Limiting industrial insurance benefits for injuries or diseases caused by use of intoxicating liquor or drugs.

Summary

Provides that an injured worker's industrial insurance benefits, other than medical, are reduced if the worker's being intoxicated was a proximate cause of the worker's injury or death.

From the House Bill Analysis 2018 (HB 2697), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to limiting industrial insurance benefits for injuries or diseases caused by use of intoxicating liquor or drugs;

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

Jan 12, 2018First 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 2697 (2025–26) Historic preserv. prop. tax · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2697 (2019–20) Noxious weeds · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2697 (2015–16) Campaign finance reporting · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2697 (2013–14) Weighted GPA for high school · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2697 (2011–12) City disability boards · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2697 (2009–10) Real estate broker licensure · Enacted · Chapter 156, Laws of 2010
HB 2697 (2007–08) Marine transfer rules · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2697 (2005–06) Unemployment ins collection · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor