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| Bill |
Concerning unemployment benefit eligibility for apprentices. |
Concerning unemployment benefit eligibility for apprentices. |
us/states/wa |
Washington Legislature |
2019-2020 |
SB 5398 |
Washington SB 5398 (2019-2020) |
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| UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION |
| APPRENTICES AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS |
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enacted |
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1 |
23 |
2 |
2019-01-21 |
2019-04-17 |
openstates |
ocd-bill/d42101ad-84b1-4559-90fb-18a180572570 |
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5398&year=2019 |
fb47bc67e3b35436250ecc64e178d1ef9d9e31d5a26af52cd203332cb9c1c12b |
2026-07-01 |
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump |
2026-07-06 |
reported |
|
Washington SB 5398 (2019-2020) — Concerning unemployment benefit eligibility for apprentices.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — 47–0 (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#18) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Keiser — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-21 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
reading-1
- 2019-02-12 LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- 2019-02-14 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- 2019-02-19 Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- 2019-02-26 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- 2019-03-04 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-03-04 Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
- 2019-03-06 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
reading-1
- 2019-03-21 LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- 2019-03-25 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- 2019-03-29 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- 2019-04-09 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-04-09 Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
- 2019-04-10 President signed.
passage
- 2019-04-11 Speaker signed.
passage
- 2019-04-12 Delivered to Governor.
- 2019-04-17 Governor signed.
executive-signature
- 2019-04-17 Chapter 50, 2019 Laws.
became-law
- 2019-04-17 Effective date 7/28/2019.
became-law
- 2019-02-07T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- 2019-02-12T16:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 11:00 AM
- 2019-03-18T17:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- 2019-03-21T12:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d42101ad-84b1-4559-90fb-18a180572570. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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