BILL · 2019–20 SESSION
SB 5513: Employer-employee status
Concerning the employer-employee relationship.
Summary
- Creates the Employee Fair Classification Act (EFCA), which prohibits misclassification of employees as independent contractors, and creates remedies, including civil penalties and damages.
- Defines independent contractor for purposes of the EFCA and establishes the same definition for purposes of the Minimum Wage Act, prevailing wage, unemployment insurance, industrial insurance, and other employment laws.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 23, 2019
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Karen Keiser (D-33)
- Introduced
- January 23, 2019 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 13, 2020
- Companion bill
- HB 1515
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to simplifying, clarifying, and making consistent employee status under industrial insurance laws, prevailing wage laws, wage deduction laws, wage payment laws, minimum wage laws, and unemployment compensation laws, and creating the employee fair classification act;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Karen Keiser (D-33)
4 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
SB 5513 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5513 (2025–26) Pharmacist scope of practice
- SB 5513 (2023–24) CTC mental health counseling
- SB 5513 (2021–22) Lodging taxes/housing
- SB 5513 (2017–18) Tax exemptions
- SB 5513 (2015–16) Structured settlements
- SB 5513 (2013–14) Off-road vehicles
- SB 5513 (2011–12) Child protective services
- SB 5513 (2009–10) Unlawful transit conduct