BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

SB 5621: Finfish worker displacement

Protecting workers displaced due to finfish aquaculture facility closure.

Summary

Adds to the definition of dislocated worker, for the purposes of unemployment insurance, any individual who has separated from employment as a result of the denial of a commercial finfish net pen aquaculture lease renewal application, or the issuance of an order by the Commissioner of Public Lands on November 17, 2022.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5621), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

AN ACT Relating to protecting workers displaced as a result of finfish aquaculture facility closures;

Passed March 6, 2023

Version voted on: SB 5621

49 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	29	0	0	0
Republican	20	0	0	0

How each member voted

Jan 17, 2024Senate Rules "X" file.
Jan 8, 2024By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Apr 23, 2023By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
Mar 8, 2023First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
Mar 6, 2023Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
Mar 6, 2023Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Feb 22, 2023Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 14, 2023Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 13, 2023LC - Majority; do pass.
Jan 30, 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 5621 (2009–10) Hearing examiner fees · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House