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BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5061

SB 5061: Personnel records

Concerning access to personnel records.

Summary

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

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5061), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 9, 2023
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Patty Kuderer (D-48)
Introduced
January 9, 2023 in the Senate
Last action
January 8, 2024
Companion bill
HB 1320
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 5061, SSB 5061

AN ACT Relating to access to personnel records;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Patty Kuderer (D-48)

10 co-sponsors (10 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Derek Stanford D-1Steve Conway D-29Noel Frame D-36Bob Hasegawa D-11Senator D-22Karen Keiser D-33T'wina Nobles D-28Javier Valdez D-46Lisa Wellman D-41Claire Wilson D-30

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5061)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. On motion, referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 5061)
  4. On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
  5. LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5061)
  6. Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5061)
  7. Minority; do not pass.
  8. LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  9. First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
  10. Prefiled for introduction.

SB 5061 in other sessions

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

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