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Labor & Commerce Committee advances dozens of bills to rules and appropriations panels
Summary
The Senate Labor & Commerce Committee adopted proposed substitutes and sent a range of bills — from apprenticeship behavioral-health training to kratom taxation and plumbing-license sanctions — to Rules or Ways and Means for further consideration; multiple fiscal notes were read into the record.
The Washington State Senate Labor & Commerce Committee advanced a slate of bills on topics ranging from apprenticeship wellness training to kratom taxation, adopting proposed substitutes and forwarding bills to Rules or Ways and Means with committee recommendations.
Staff read in proposed substitutes and fiscal notes for many measures. Notable items included a substitute for SB 6282 requiring behavioral-health and wellness training in construction-trades apprenticeship programs (substitute A) and a proposed substitute for SB 5379 granting interest arbitration to Parks and Recreation Commission employees, which carries an OFM cost estimate of $548,000 for the remainder of the biennium.
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