House2023-24 sessionFiscal note
SHB 1068: Concerning injured workers' rights during compelled medical examinations.
Signed into law: Chapter 166, Laws of 2023
- Sponsor
- Bronoske
- Introduced
- January 9, 2023
- Status
- C 166 L 23
- Last action
- Effective date 7/23/2023. (April 25, 2023)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:01 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Allows an injured worker to make an audio and video recording of a compelled medical examination, and to have one person of the worker's choosing present during the examination.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 15, 202365 yea · 33 nay
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 13, 202367 yea · 29 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 7, 202331 yea · 16 nay · 2 not voting
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