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March 13, 2023
Passing of Legislative Deadline Narrows Number of Bills
State Director Patrick Connor reports from Olympia on the small-business agenda for the political and legislative week ending March 10
Small Business Day, March 16 NFIB’s annual Small Business Day Capitol will be held Thursday, March 16. Click here for additional information or to register. Sponsorships are still available. Contact Stacy Jenkins at (360) 870-7749 or Stacy.Jenkins@NFIB.org for details. Guest speakers include:- Sen. Shelly Short – Senate Republican Floor Leader
- Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber – House Republican Floor Leader
- Sen. Karen Keiser – Senate Labor & Commerce Committee chair
- Sen. Curtis King – Senate Labor & Commerce Committee ranking member
Monday, March 13 at 10:30 a.m. – Senate Labor & Commerce Committee (agenda / sign-in here)
- ESHB 1050, Apprenticeship utilization, CON
- SHB 1458, Unemployment benefits for apprentices during “waiting week,” CON
- HB 1301, License review, PRO
- HB 1017, Cosmetologists licensure, PRO
Tuesday, March 14 at 10:30 a.m. – House Labor Committee (agenda / sign-in here)
- ESSB 5123, Prohibiting pre-employment screening for cannabis, CON
- ESSB 5217, Ergonomics, CON
Tuesday, March 14 at 10:30 a.m. – Senate Labor & Commerce Committee (agenda / sign-in here)
- SHB 1068, Independent Medical Exams for Workers Comp Claims, CON
- SHB 1521, Regulating self-insured employers and their third-party administrators, CON
Wednesday, March 15 at 8 a.m. – House Labor Committee (agenda / sign-in here)
- SSB 5110, Authorizing workers to sue employers for alleged violations of several workplace laws and rules, CON
Thursday, March 16 at 8 a.m. – Senate Labor & Commerce Committee (agenda / sign-in here)
- E2SHB 1320, Authorizing workers to sue employers over personnel files, CON
- 2SHB 1491, Preventing unnecessary searches of worker vehicles on jobsites, PRO
- 2SHB 1762, Regulating warehouses, CON
- SHB 1217, Wage complaints, CON
- ESHB 1106, Providing unemployment benefits for workers voluntarily quitting due to loss of child care or reasons covered under PFML, CON
- February 17—First Legislative Deadline of the Session Passes
- February 10—Should a Margins Tax Replace State’s B&O?
- January 7—Small Business Day in Olympia, March 16

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