BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5524

SB 5524: Industrial insurance/duties

Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators.

Summary

Creates a duty of good faith and fair dealing for self-insured municipal employers and their third party administrators to workers in the workers' compensation system.
Requires investigations by the Department of Labor and Industries.
Provides penalties for violations of the duty.
Adds as a grounds for withdrawal of a self-insured's certification that a self-insured municipal employer has been found to have violated the self-insurer's duty of good faith and fair dealing three times within a three-year period.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5524), 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 industrial insurance self-insured municipal employers and third-party administrators;

No recorded floor votes.

Jan 8, 2024By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5524)
Jan 8, 2024By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Mar 10, 2023Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 5524)
Mar 10, 2023Senate Rules "X" file.
Feb 16, 2023Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5524)
Feb 16, 2023LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5524)
Feb 16, 2023Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5524)
Feb 16, 2023Minority; without recommendation. (SSB 5524)
Feb 16, 2023Minority; without recommendation.
Feb 16, 2023Minority; do not pass.
Feb 16, 2023LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Feb 16, 2023Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Jan 23, 2023First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

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

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SB 5524 (2019–20) GMA/agency obligations · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5524 (2017–18) Diking districts/Snohomish · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5524 (2015–16) Persons with disabilities · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5524 (2013–14) Physician assistants · Enacted · Chapter 12, Laws of 2013
SB 5524 (2011–12) Low-income housing/fee exemp · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5524 (2009–10) Vehicle impoundment notices · Did not pass · died in committee