FINAL BILL REPORT
HB 1612
C 17 L 22
Synopsis as Enacted
Brief Description: Making technical cross-reference corrections in statutes governing unemployment insurance.
Sponsors: Representatives Sells, Berry, Wicks, Simmons and Harris-Talley; by request of Employment Security Department.
House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards
Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs
Background:

Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill (ESSB) 5061, enacted in 2021, 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:

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.
Votes on Final Passage:
House 95 0
Senate 48 0
Effective:

June 9, 2022