SHB 2061 — Defining an employee of a health care facility for purposes of mandatory overtime provisions.
Signed into law — Chapter 354, Laws of 2024
- Sponsor
- Bronoske
- Introduced
- January 30, 2024
- Status
- C 354 L 24
- Last action
- Effective date 1/1/2025. (March 28, 2024)
What this bill does
Amends the definition of "employee," for purposes of the mandatory overtime prohibition, to mean any employee of a health care facility who is involved in direct patient care or clinical services and receives an hourly wage or is covered under a collective bargaining agreement.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 8, 202497 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 27, 202449 yea · 0 nay
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