Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SSB 5501: Concerning employer requirements for driving.
Signed into law: Chapter 115, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Stanford
- Introduced
- January 27, 2025
- Status
- C 115 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 22, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Prohibits employers from require a driver's license as a condition of employment or state that a job applicant must have a driver's license in a job posting.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 9, 202561 yea · 36 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 26, 202533 yea · 15 nay · 1 not voting
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