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Labor & Workplace Standards Committee
HB 1612
Brief Description: Making technical cross-reference corrections in statutes governing unemployment insurance.
Sponsors: Representatives Sells, Berry and Wicks; by request of Employment Security Department.
Brief Summary of Bill
  • Corrects unemployment insurance cross references.
Hearing Date: 1/11/22
Staff: Lily Smith (786-7175).
Background:

During the 2021 legislative session, the Legislature passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill (ESSB) 5061, which amended multiple sections of the unemployment insurance title.  In addition to its substantive changes, ESSB 5061 also removed obsolete statutory language and made other technical corrections.  The removal of obsolete language in the section dealing with employer charging resulted in misaligned cross references:

  • within that same section; and
  • in a related section dealing with notification of charging to employers. 
Summary of Bill:

Cross references within unemployment insurance sections dealing with employer charging and notification are corrected to align with their effect prior to the passage of ESSB 5061.
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Effective Date: The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the session in which the bill is passed.