ESSB 5459: Concerning call center retention.

What this bill does

Requires certain call center employers to notify the Employment Security Department before moving operations to a foreign country. Makes a call center employer that moves operations to a foreign country ineligible for any grant or loan awarded by a state agency for five years. Requires state agencies that contract for call center services to include a provision in the contract requiring that the work be performed entirely in the United States, unless the contract is for interpreter services.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 10, 2025
  85 yea · 10 nay · 3 not voting
• House: Final Passage on Reconsideration · April 10, 2025
  89 yea · 6 nay · 3 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 3, 2025
  30 yea · 19 nay

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