BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5681

SB 5681: DDA employment services age

Concerning the age at which clients of the home and community living administration may receive employment and community inclusion services.

Summary

Allows clients of the Home and Community Living Administration of the Department of Social and Health Services to begin receiving employment and community inclusion services beginning at the age of 20.
Provides that the employment service hours for clients must be determined by the assistance needed to reach employment outcomes and may not equal the amount of client time spent working or in employment-related activities.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the age at which clients of the home and community living administration may receive employment and community inclusion services;

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

Jan 28, 2026Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 5681)
Jan 28, 2026Referred to Ways & Means.
Jan 27, 2026Minority; without recommendation. (SSB 5681)
Jan 27, 2026HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5681)
Jan 27, 2026And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 5681)
Jan 27, 2026And refer to Ways & Means.
Jan 27, 2026HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 27, 2026Minority; without recommendation.
Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Feb 6, 2025First reading, referred to Human Services.

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

SB 5681 (2023–24) Senior property tax/medicare · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5681 (2021–22) COVID-19 antibody tests · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5681 (2019–20) Domestic violence · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5681 (2017–18) Background checks/athletics · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5681 (2015–16) State lottery accounts · Enacted · Chapter 31, Laws of 2015, 3rd Special Session
SB 5681 (2013–14) Co-occurring disorders · Enacted · Chapter 303, Laws of 2013
SB 5681 (2011–12) Peer counselor backgrnd chks · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5681 (2009–10) Top two primary elections · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor