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SF603Introduced in the Senate

A bill for an act relating to workforce compensation and training, unemployment insurance, and other functions and programs of the department of workforce development, the workforce development board, and local government entities, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 222, SSB 1068.) Effective date: 03/28/2025, 07/01/2025.

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Introduced by Appropriations

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Official description

A bill for an act relating to workforce compensation and training, unemployment insurance, and other functions and programs of the department of workforce development, the workforce development board, and local government entities, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 222, SSB 1068.) Effective date: 03/28/2025, 07/01/2025.

Where it stands

Fiscal note.

June 6, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

6 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Shall the bill pass? · March 19, 2025

32

Yes

15

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

50 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar. S.J. 490.

  2. Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 493.

  3. Fiscal note.

  4. Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. S.J. 496.

  5. Immediate message. S.J. 501.

  6. Message from Senate. H.J. 636.

  7. Read first time, passed on file. H.J. 637.

  8. Amendment H-1106 filed. H.J. 677.

  9. Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 682.

  10. Substituted for HF 722. H.J. 686.

  11. Amendment H-1116 to amendment H-1106, yeas 33, nays 65, filed, lost. H.J. 686.

  12. Amendment H-1115 filed. H.J. 687.

  13. Point of order raised on amendment H-1115 to amendment H-1106, ruled not germane. H.J. 687.

  14. Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1115 to amendment H-1106, yeas 34, nays 64. H.J. 687.

  15. Motion to suspend rules failed. H.J. 688.

  16. Amendment H-1117 filed. H.J. 688.

  17. Point of order raised on amendment H-1117 to amendment H-1106, ruled not germane. H.J. 688.

  18. Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1117 to amendment H-1106, yeas 33, nays 63. H.J. 689.

  19. Motion to suspend rules failed. H.J. 689.

  20. Point of order raised on amendment H-1106, ruled not germane. H.J. 690.

  21. Motion to suspend rules for immdiate consideration of amendment H-1106. H.J. 690.

  22. Motion to suspend rules prevailed. H.J. 690.

  23. Amendment H-1106, yeas 64, nays 34, adopted. H.J. 690.

  24. Passed House, yeas 64, nays 34. H.J. 691.

  25. Immediate message. H.J. 692.

  26. Message from House, with amendment S-3030. S.J. 569.

  27. Fiscal note.

  28. Amendment S-3033 filed, lost. S.J. 583.

  29. Amendment S-3034 filed, lost. S.J. 584.

  30. Deferred. S.J. 584.

  31. Senate concurred with S-3030. S.J. 585.

  32. Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 15. S.J. 586.

  33. Immediate message. S.J. 586.

  34. Message from Senate. H.J. 748.

  35. Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. S.J. 667.

  36. Signed by Governor. S.J. 668.

  37. Fiscal note.

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