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| Bill |
Concerning an employer's payment of indebtedness. |
Concerning an employer's payment of indebtedness. |
us/states/wa |
Washington Legislature |
2019-2020 |
SB 5831 |
Washington SB 5831 (2019-2020) |
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| WAGES AND HOURS |
| EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES |
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enacted |
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1 |
22 |
2 |
2019-02-06 |
2019-04-19 |
openstates |
ocd-bill/cf1c6b44-2283-48ab-ac8b-2a30cdc4417d |
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5831&year=2019 |
d9b99b44f67574302a765ac8181ff8217a1308bcbfa77a190ab00a54643338ca |
2026-07-01 |
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump |
2026-07-06 |
reported |
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Washington SB 5831 (2019-2020) — Concerning an employer's payment of indebtedness.
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 (#6) — 47–0 (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Keiser — primary (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-02-06 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
reading-1
- 2019-02-19 LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- 2019-02-20 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- 2019-02-26 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- 2019-03-05 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-03-05 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
- 2019-03-25 LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- 2019-03-27 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- 2019-04-10 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- 2019-04-11 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-04-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
- 2019-04-12 President signed.
passage
- 2019-04-15 Speaker signed.
passage
- 2019-04-16 Delivered to Governor.
- 2019-04-19 Governor signed.
executive-signature
- 2019-04-19 Chapter 89, 2019 Laws.
became-law
- 2019-04-19 Effective date 7/28/2019.
became-law
- 2019-02-19T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- 2019-02-19T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- 2019-03-19T19:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
- 2019-03-25T17:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf1c6b44-2283-48ab-ac8b-2a30cdc4417d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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