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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5190

SB 5190: Health care employees

Concerning meal and rest breaks and mandatory overtime for certain health care employees.

Summary

  • Provides that certain hospital employees must be allowed to take uninterrupted meal and rest periods that are not intermittent, except under limited circumstances.
  • Amends the prohibition on mandatory overtime in health care facilities by including additional employees, prohibiting the employer from using prescheduled on-call time to fill foreseeable staff shortages, and making other changes.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5190), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 15, 2019
  2. Out of committeeMar 1, 2019
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Karen Keiser (D-33)
Introduced
January 15, 2019 in the Senate
Last action
January 13, 2020
Companion bill
HB 1155
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 5190, SSB 5190

AN ACT Relating to meal and rest breaks and mandatory overtime for certain health care employees;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Karen Keiser (D-33)

7 co-sponsors (7 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Steve Conway D-29Bob Hasegawa D-11Patty Kuderer D-48Senator D-22Rebecca Saldaña D-37Jeannie Darneille D-27Joe Nguyen D-34

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5190)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 5190)
  4. Senate Rules "X" file.
  5. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (SSB 5190)
  6. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  7. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5190)
  8. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  9. WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5190)
  10. Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5190)
  11. Minority; without recommendation. (SSB 5190)
  12. Minority; without recommendation.
  13. Minority; do not pass.
  14. WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  15. Referred to Ways & Means.
  16. Minority; do not pass.
  17. And refer to Ways & Means.
  18. LBRC - Majority; do pass.
  19. First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

SB 5190 in other sessions

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

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