Agenda Update; Senate Labor & Commerce

Washington State Legislature sent this bulletin at 02/13/2024 03:14 PM PST

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Added to Public Hearing: HB 1901 and ESHB 1893.
Added to Executive Session: SHB 1249 and SHB 2136.
Removed from Public Hearing: SHB 2182 - Creating a data dashboard to track use of regulated substances. (Remote Testimony Available) and HB 2031 - Recognizing posttraumatic stress disorder as an occupational disease for county coroners, examiners, and investigative personnel. (Remote Testimony Available).

Labor & Commerce - 2/15/2024 8:00 AM

Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

REVISED ON 2/13/2024 AT 3:14 PM

Executive Session:

1. HB 1975 - Relieving individuals from paying interest on certain unemployment insurance overpayment assessments.

2. SHB 1905 - Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act.

3. HB 1927 - Reducing the number of days that a worker's temporary total disability must continue to receive industrial insurance compensation for the day of an injury and the three-day period following the injury.

4. HB 2260 - Establishing civil penalties for the unlawful sale or supply of alcohol to minors.

5. SHB 2226 - Concerning collecting data on the H-2A worker program and from certain hand harvesters.

6. SHB 2156 - Providing solar consumer protections.

7. 2SHB 2022 - Concerning construction crane safety.

8. SHB 1249 - Regarding limits on the sale and possession of retail cannabis products.

9. SHB 2136 - Concerning prevailing wage sanctions, penalties, and debarment.

Public Hearing:

1. SHB 2061 - Defining an employee of a health care facility for purposes of mandatory overtime provisions. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. HB 1898 - Concerning unemployment insurance benefit charging. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SHB 2127 - Concerning workers' compensation incentives to return to work. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. HB 1901 - Removing the sunset on changes to the unemployment insurance voluntary contribution program. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. ESHB 1893 - Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

6. SHB 2097 - Assisting workers in recovering wages owed. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible other business.

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