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SF2168Introduced in the Senate

A bill for an act relating to workforce matters including apprenticeships and other career training, unemployment insurance, and membership of the state workforce development board, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3044.) Effective date: 06/30/2026, 07/01/2026.

Passed

Introduced by Workforce

What does this bill do?

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Official description

A bill for an act relating to workforce matters including apprenticeships and other career training, unemployment insurance, and membership of the state workforce development board, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3044.) Effective date: 06/30/2026, 07/01/2026.

Where it stands

Signed by Governor. S.J. 1030.

June 2, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: Shall the bill pass? · May 1, 2026

87

Yes

0

No

13

Absent or Not Voting

100 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
J.D. Scholten1Absent
Robert Henderson2Yes
Thomas Jeneary3Yes
Skyler Wheeler4Yes
Zachary Dieken5Absent
Megan Hess Jones6Yes
Wendy Larson7Yes
Ann Meyer8Yes
Henry Stone9Yes
John Wills10Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 176.

  2. Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 178.

  3. Fiscal note.

  4. Deferred. S.J. 486.

  5. Amendments S-5072 filed. S.J. 487.

  6. Point of order raised on S-5072, ruled not germane. S.J. 487.

  7. Amendment S-5071 filed, adopted. S.J. 487.

  8. Amendments S-5070 filed. S.J. 487.

  9. Point of order raised on S-5070, ruled in order. S.J. 487.

  10. Amendment S-5070 adopted. S.J. 487.

  11. Amendment S-5073 filed, lost. S.J. 487.

  12. Passed Senate, yeas 28, nays 14. S.J. 488.

  13. Immediate message. S.J. 489.

  14. Message from Senate. H.J. 572.

  15. Read first time, passed on file. H.J. 573.

  16. Fiscal note.

  17. Referred to Appropriations. H.J. 666.

  18. Subcommittee: Collins, Cooling and Stone. H.J. 805.

  19. Subcommittee Meeting: 04/07/2026 12:30PM RM 304.

  20. Subcommittee recommends passage.

  21. Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 870.

  22. Committee vote: Yeas, 24. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 870.

  23. Committee amendment H-8344 filed. H.J. 870.

  24. Placed on Appropriations calendar. H.J. 872.

  25. Amendment H-8363 filed. H.J. 899.

  26. Amendment H-8363 to amendment H-8344 adopted. H.J. 913.

  27. Committee amendment H-8344 adopted, as amended. H.J. 913.

  28. Passed House, yeas 95, nays 0. H.J. 913.

  29. Explanation of vote. H.J. 1158.

  30. Immediate message. H.J. 917.

  31. Message from House, with amendment S-5187. S.J. 813.

  32. Fiscal note.

  33. Amendment S-5233 to S-5187 filed. S.J. 925.

  34. Amendment S-5241 filed, withdrawn. S.J. 942.

  35. Amendment S-5233 adopted. S.J. 942.

  36. Senate concurred with S-5187, as amended. S.J. 942.

  37. Passed Senate, yeas 40, nays 0. S.J. 942.

  38. Immediate message. S.J. 943.

  39. Message from Senate. H.J. 1069.

  40. Senate amendment H-8453 filed. H.J. 1071.

  41. Fiscal note.

  42. House concurred in Senate amendment H-8453. H.J. 1071.

  43. Passed House, yeas 87, nays 0. H.J. 1071.

  44. Immediate message. H.J. 1077.

  45. Message from House. S.J. 962.

  46. Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. S.J. 1028.

  47. Fiscal note.

  48. Signed by Governor. S.J. 1030.

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