CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1458
Chapter 30, Laws of 2023
68TH LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE—APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS—WORK GROUP
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2023
Passed by the House February 28, 2023
  Yeas 86  Nays 11
LAURIE JINKINS

Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate March 22, 2023
  Yeas 41  Nays 7
DENNY HECK

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 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1458 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN

Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved April 6, 2023 9:28 AM
FILED
April 6, 2023
JAY INSLEE

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1458

Passed Legislature - 2023 Regular Session
State of Washington
68th Legislature
2023 Regular Session
ByHouse Labor & Workplace Standards (originally sponsored by Representatives Shavers, Fosse, Santos, Berry, Simmons, Alvarado, Doglio, Ormsby, Gregerson, and Pollet)
READ FIRST TIME 02/14/23.
AN ACT Relating to unemployment insurance benefits for individuals participating in an apprenticeship program; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. (1) The employment security department shall convene a work group for the purpose of identifying and addressing legal and procedural barriers faced by eligible claimants participating in apprenticeship programs when those claimants seek timely access to unemployment insurance benefits. The work group must include representatives of apprenticeship programs and staff of the department, as well as other appropriate stakeholders identified by the department.
(2) The employment security department must submit a report with findings and recommendations, including a status update on applicable administrative efforts to reduce procedural barriers identified by the work group, to the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2023, in accordance with the requirements under RCW 43.01.036.
Passed by the House February 28, 2023.
Passed by the Senate March 22, 2023.
Approved by the Governor April 6, 2023.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 6, 2023.
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