BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5924

SB 5924: Access to personnel records

Concerning access to personnel records.

Summary

Requires an employer to furnish an employee, former employee, or their designee with a copy the employee's personnel file at no cost within 21 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 21 calendar days of the written request.
Allows an employee or former employee to bring a private action, after five days notice, for violations of certain rights regarding personnel files, and discharge information, for equitable relief, graduated statutory damages up to $1,000, and reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of each violation.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5924), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to access to personnel records;

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

Jan 24, 2024On motion, referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 5924)
Jan 24, 2024On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
Jan 23, 2024LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5924)
Jan 23, 2024Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5924)
Jan 23, 2024Minority; do not pass.
Jan 23, 2024LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 8, 2024First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
Dec 29, 2023Prefiled for introduction.

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

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SB 5924 (2017–18) Trust lands exchange · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 35, Laws of 2017, 3rd Special Session
SB 5924 (2015–16) Medical & behavioral health · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5924 (2013–14) Local transportation funding · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5924 (2011–12) Running start program · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5924 (2009–10) Running Start provisions · Did not pass · died in committee