HB 1712: Protecting workers displaced due to finfish aquaculture facility closure.
Signed into law: Chapter 156, Laws of 2023
- Sponsor
- Schmick
- Introduced
- February 1, 2023
- Status
- C 156 L 23
- Last action
- Effective date 7/23/2023. (April 20, 2023)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:01 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Designates persons separated from employment due to certain commercial finfish net pen aquaculture closures as "dislocated workers" for the purposes of unemployment insurance, allowing those persons to seek access to additional benefits while enrolled in approved training plans.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 202396 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 7, 202348 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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