Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SSB 5874: Concerning employers' information reporting for purposes of unemployment compensation.
Signed into law: Chapter 43, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- MacEwen
- Introduced
- January 12, 2026
- Status
- C 43 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 6/11/2026. (March 14, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Allows the Employment Security Department to waive penalties for minor or insignificant reporting errors in employers' quarterly unemployment insurance reports.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 202694 yea · 0 nay · 4 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 4, 202649 yea · 0 nay
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