CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1706
Chapter 374, Laws of 2019
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
STATE AGENCY EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES--SUBMINIMUM WAGE
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 2019
Passed by the House April 23, 2019 Yeas 90 Nays 6 FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 17, 2019 Yeas 48 Nays 0 CYRUS HABIB
President of the Senate | CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1706 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk Chief Clerk |
Approved May 13, 2019 3:56 PM | FILED May 16, 2019 |
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1706
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington | 66th Legislature | 2019 Regular Session |
ByRepresentatives Frame, Sells, Macri, Doglio, Gregerson, Riccelli, Callan, Jinkins, Goodman, Valdez, Bergquist, Kloba, and Pollet
Read first time 01/29/19.Referred to Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards.
AN ACT Relating to eliminating subminimum wage certificates for persons with disabilities; and adding a new section to chapter
49.46 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter
49.46 RCW to read as follows:
Beginning July 1, 2020, no state agency may employ an individual to work under a special certificate issued under RCW
49.12.110 and
49.46.060 for the employment of individuals with disabilities at less than the minimum wage. Any special certificate issued by the director to a state agency for the employment of an individual with a disability at less than minimum wage must expire by June 30, 2020. For the purposes of this section, "state agency" means any office, department, commission, or other unit of state government.
Passed by the House April 23, 2019.
Passed by the Senate April 17, 2019.
Approved by the Governor May 13, 2019.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 16, 2019.
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