Establishing department authority to ensure payment is received from the self-insured employer after a self-insured group or municipal employer has their self-insurer certification withdrawn.
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Officially: “Establishing department authority to ensure payment is received from the self-insured employer after a self-insured group or municipal employer has their self-insurer certification withdrawn.” Read the full text
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2025 session
Where it is
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First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. · Jan 14, 2025
LAWS - Executive action taken by committee. · Jan 29, 2025
LAWS - Majority; do pass. · Jan 29, 2025
Referred to Appropriations. · Jan 31, 2025
APP - Executive action taken by committee. · Feb 20, 2025
APP - Majority; do pass. · Feb 20, 2025
Referred to Rules 2 Review. · Feb 21, 2025
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. · Feb 28, 2025
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. · Mar 4, 2025
Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. · Mar 4, 2025
First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. · Mar 6, 2025
LC - Majority; do pass. · Mar 21, 2025
Minority; do not pass. · Mar 21, 2025
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. · Mar 24, 2025
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. · Mar 26, 2025
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. · Apr 3, 2025
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. · Apr 3, 2025
Speaker signed. · Apr 9, 2025
President signed. · Apr 10, 2025
Delivered to Governor. · Apr 11, 2025
Governor signed. · Apr 16, 2025
Chapter 57, 2025 Laws. · Apr 16, 2025
Effective date 7/27/2025. · Apr 16, 2025
The numbers
9
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Shaun ScottLiz BerryAlex RamelJulia ReedTimm OrmsbyLisa ParshleyGerry PolletTarra SimmonsNatasha Hill
Recorded votes
3rd Reading & Final PassageSenate · 2025-04-03 · Yea 49, Nay 0, Absent 0, Excused 0
3rd Reading & Final PassageHouse · 2025-03-04 · Yea 95, Nay 0, Absent 0, Excused 3
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Washington legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Who is lobbying on this
WA ST BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCILvia Heather Kurtenbach
4 filingsWA ST BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCILvia Erin Frasier
3 filingsWashington State Financial Services Association(Brewer Public Affairs)via KRISTOPHER I TEFFT
1 filingFrom 8 filings in Washington State lobbying disclosures (PDC), via data.wa.gov, naming this bill (2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Nothing on this page shows why any vote was cast. Recorded votes and lobbying filings are separate official records, self-reported by different parties, and neither explains the other.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Effective date 7/27/2025. (Apr 16, 2025).