BILL · 2021–22 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5130

SB 5130: Personnel files & discipline

Concerning employee's rights concerning personnel files and disciplinary actions.

Summary

Requires an employer to furnish an employee with a complete, unredacted copy of the personnel file at no cost within 14 days of a request.
Mandates an employer to furnish a former employee with a signed written statement of the reasons for and effective date of discharge within 14 days of the written request.
Allows an employee to bring a private action for violations of certain rights regarding personnel files and discharge information and entitles the employee to equitable relief, graduated statutory damages up to $1,000, and reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of each violation.
Defines personnel file, agent, and fiduciary.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5130), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

AN ACT Relating to employee's rights concerning personnel files and disciplinary actions;

No recorded floor votes.

Feb 17, 2022Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 5130)
Feb 17, 2022Senate Rules "X" file.
Jan 21, 2022Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (SSB 5130)
Jan 21, 2022Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Jan 10, 2022By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5130)
Jan 10, 2022On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5130)
Jan 10, 2022On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
Jan 10, 2022By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Mar 17, 2021Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 5130)
Mar 17, 2021Senate Rules "X" file.
Feb 25, 2021Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (SSB 5130)
Feb 25, 2021Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 15, 2021Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5130)
Feb 15, 2021LCTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5130)
Feb 15, 2021Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5130)
Feb 15, 2021Minority; do not pass.
Feb 15, 2021LCTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Feb 15, 2021Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Jan 11, 2021First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs.
Jan 8, 2021Prefiled for introduction.

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

SB 5130 (2025–26) Child care licensing fees · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5130 (2023–24) Assisted outpatient treat. · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5130 (2019–20) Fish barrier removal funding · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5130 (2017–18) Marijuana license fees · Enacted · Chapter 316, Laws of 2017
SB 5130 (2015–16) Marijuana business locations · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5130 (2013–14) Eosinophilia disorders · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5130 (2011–12) Vehicles in express lanes · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5130 (2009–10) Prisoner publ records access · Enacted · Chapter 10, Laws of 2009