BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

HB 1297: Child support/self-employed

Reporting self-employed workers to the division of child support.

Summary

Requires a business to report specified information to the Division of Child Support within 20 days of hiring or using a service provider who is not an employee of the business.
Requires a business that hires or uses a nonemployee service provider to honor an income withholding order or order to withhold and deliver in the same manner as an employer.

From the House Bill Analysis 2025 (HB 1297), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to reporting self-employed workers to the division of child support;

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

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

HB 1297 (2023–24) Geoduck task force · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1297 (2021–22) Working families tax exempt. · Enacted · Chapter 195, Laws of 2021
HB 1297 (2019–20) LEOFF credit recovery/PERS · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1297 (2017–18) Distillery promotional items · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1297 (2015–16) Trans sup budget 2013-2015 · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1297 (2013–14) Sunshine committee · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1297 (2011–12) Water right beneficial use · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1297 (2009–10) Metals sale excise tax · Did not pass · died in committee