BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5996

SB 5996: H-2A worker program data

Concerning collecting data on the H-2A worker program and from certain hand harvesters.

Summary

Requires the Employment Security Department (ESD) to collect certain data about H-2A workers when conducting field checks and field visits.
Requires ESD to conduct annual wage surveys of workers hand harvesting apples, cherries, pears, and blueberries.

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

AN ACT Relating to collecting data on the H-2A worker program and from certain hand harvesters;

No recorded floor votes.

Feb 15, 2024Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 5996)
Feb 15, 2024Senate Rules "X" file.
Jan 31, 2024Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5996)
Jan 31, 2024Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Jan 30, 2024Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5996)
Jan 30, 2024LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5996)
Jan 30, 2024LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 30, 2024Minority; do not pass.
Jan 8, 2024First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
Jan 4, 2024Prefiled for introduction.

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

SB 5996 (2025–26) Commercial shellfish fees · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5996 (2019–20) Fires/prevent, suppress · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5996 (2017–18) Workplace sex harass./NDAs · Enacted · Chapter 117, Laws of 2018
SB 5996 (2015–16) DOT transportation projects · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 17, Laws of 2015, 3rd Special Session
SB 5996 (2013–14) Cosmetology, barbering, etc. · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5996 (2011–12) Contiguous land/current use · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5996 (2009–10) Motor vehicles/B & O tx rate · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5996 (2007–08) Life sciences research · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor