Notice of Public Hearing for House Bill 1369 - Update: 10 Year Analysis Completed

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HB 1369, titled AN ACT Relating to establishing wage liens, has been scheduled for a public hearing by the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards.

Date and Time: 02/02/2021 10:00AM (Subject to change by the Legislature.)
Location: , Virtual, ,

The Office of Financial Management has identified this bill as requiring a ten-year projection of increased cost to the taxpayers or affected fee payers.

Ten-year projection:

Department of Licensing:

Indeterminate impact to cash receipts.

This bill would allow wage liens to be filed through the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) program within DOL and placed on personal and titled property, such as vehicles and vessels. The UCC charges $30 for a paper filing and $23 for an online filing, however, it is not known how many wage liens would be filed with the program each year.

Based on data provided by the Labor and Industries for FY 2020, the employment standards program resolved 5,413 wage claims and for FY 2019, 5,458 wage claims. It is uncertain that these wage claims would result one to one into wage liens, and those that do result in wage liens would be split between personal property claims through DOL and real property claims through county auditors.

Assuming all wage claims become wage liens, and all wage liens are placed on personal property using paper filings with UCC, the annual revenue would not exceed $164,000. This represents the upper bound of potential revenue based on current data, realized revenue impacts are expected to be significantly lower.

Assumptions:

5,458 x $30 = $163,740

Note: FY 2019 number of cases was used as it more represents a standard number of wage complaint cases for the year.

Ten-year projection prepared in consultation with the following agencies:

Department of Licensing


Bill sponsors and contact information:

Representative Dan Bronoske, Prime Sponsor
Democrat
(360) 786-7958
Dan.Bronoske@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mike Sells
Democrat
(360) 786-7840
mike.sells@leg.wa.gov

Representative Lauren Davis
Democrat
(360) 786-7910
DAVIS_LA@leg.wa.gov

Representative Cindy Ryu
Democrat
(360) 786-7880
cindy.ryu@leg.wa.gov

Representative Jake Fey
Democrat
(360) 786-7974
jake.fey@leg.wa.gov

Representative Joe Fitzgibbon
Democrat
(360) 786-7952
Joe.Fitzgibbon@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mia Gregerson
Democrat
(360) 786-7868
mia.gregerson@leg.wa.gov

Representative Tarra Simmons
Democrat
(360) 786-7934
Tarra.Simmons@leg.wa.gov

Representative Liz Berry
Democrat
(360) 786-7860
Liz.Berry@leg.wa.gov

Representative Emily Wicks
Democrat
(360) 786-7864
WICKS_EM@leg.wa.gov

Representative Jessica Bateman
Democrat
(360) 786-7992
jessica.bateman@leg.wa.gov

Representative Roger Goodman
Democrat
(360) 786-7878
roger.goodman@leg.wa.gov

Representative Nicole Macri
Democrat
(360) 786-7826
nicole.macri@leg.wa.gov

Representative Alex Ramel
Democrat
(360) 786-7970
alex.ramel@leg.wa.gov

Representative Kirsten Harris-Talley
Democrat
(360) 786-7838
Kirsten.Harris-Talley@leg.wa.gov

Representative Gerry Pollet
Democrat
(360) 786-7886
gerry.pollet@leg.wa.gov


House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards members and contact information:

Representative Liz Berry
Democrat
(360) 786-7860
Liz.Berry@leg.wa.gov

Representative Dan Bronoske
Democrat
(360) 786-7958
Dan.Bronoske@leg.wa.gov

Representative Paul Harris
Republican
(360) 786-7976
Paul.Harris@leg.wa.gov

Representative Larry Hoff
Republican
(360) 786-7812
HOFF_LA@leg.wa.gov

Representative Gina Mosbrucker
Republican
(360) 786-7856
gina.mosbrucker@leg.wa.gov

Representative Lillian Ortiz-Self
Democrat
(360) 786-7972
lillian.ortiz-self@leg.wa.gov

Representative Mike Sells
Democrat
(360) 786-7840
mike.sells@leg.wa.gov



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