FINAL BILL REPORT

                           SSB 6305

                           C 62 L 94

                      SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

Brief Description:  Revising the process for employment of minors as actors or performers in film, video, or theatrical productions.

SPONSORS: Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce (originally sponsored by Senators Snyder, Skratek, Roach, Nelson, Loveland, West, Winsley and M. Rasmussen)

SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR & COMMERCE

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE & LABOR

BACKGROUND:

Current law provides that any person who employs a minor under the age of 14 in outside employment not connected with farm or house work without the permission of a superior court judge is guilty of a misdemeanor.

SUMMARY:

An exemption from the law restricting the employment of minors under 14 is provided for children employed as actors or performers in film, video, audio, or theatrical productions.

For all minors employed as actors or performers in film, video, audio, or theatrical productions, the Department of Labor and Industries is directed to issue a permit and variance authorizing their employment upon finding that the terms of the employment sufficiently protect the minor's health, safety and welfare.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

Senate    47   0

House     97   0

EFFECTIVE:June 9, 1994