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HB2236 • 2025

Allows a professional employer organization to elect to treat the employees of a client employer for whom the PEO has assumed employer responsibilities as either the employees of the PEO itself or of the client employer for certain purposes under unemployment insurance law.

Allows a professional employer organization to elect to treat the employees of a client employer for whom the PEO has assumed employer responsibilities as either the employees of the PEO itself or of the client employer for certain purposes under unemployment insurance law.

Labor
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Boshart Davis, Senator Smith DB,
Last action
2025-06-23
Official status
Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-23 House

    Chapter 280, (2025 Laws): effective on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

  2. 2025-06-09 House

    Governor signed.

  3. 2025-06-02 House

    Speaker signed.

  4. 2025-06-02 Senate

    President signed.

  5. 2025-05-29 House

    House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. Ayes, 51; Excused, 7--Diehl, Evans, Gamba, Levy B, Nguyen H, Wallan, Watanabe; Excused for Business of the House, 1--Kropf.

  6. 2025-05-27 Senate

    Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. Ayes, 30.

  7. 2025-05-23 Senate

    Carried over to 05-27 by unanimous consent.

  8. 2025-05-22 Senate

    Carried over to 05-23 by unanimous consent.

  9. 2025-05-21 Senate

    Carried over to 05-22 by unanimous consent.

  10. 2025-05-20 Senate

    Carried over to 05-21 by unanimous consent.

  11. 2025-05-19 Senate

    Second reading.

  12. 2025-05-16 Senate

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)

  13. 2025-05-08 Senate

    Work Session held.

  14. 2025-04-29 Senate

    Public Hearing held.

  15. 2025-04-23 Senate

    First reading. Referred to President's desk.

  16. 2025-04-23 Senate

    Referred to Labor and Business.

  17. 2025-04-22 House

    Third reading. Carried by Boshart Davis. Passed. Ayes, 53; Excused, 3--Nguyen H, Smith G, Valderrama; Excused for Business of the House, 4--Drazan, Helfrich, Osborne, Speaker Fahey.

  18. 2025-04-21 House

    Rules suspended. Carried over to April 22, 2025 Calendar.

  19. 2025-04-17 House

    Rules suspended. Carried over to April 21, 2025 Calendar.

  20. 2025-04-16 House

    Second reading.

  21. 2025-04-15 House

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.

  22. 2025-04-09 House

    Work Session held.

  23. 2025-03-31 House

    Public Hearing and Work Session held.

  24. 2025-01-17 House

    Referred to Labor and Workplace Standards.

  25. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: The Act would make a PEO elect to treat the workers of its clients as either its own workers or the workers of the client for certain UI laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3).</b>
[<i>Digest: The Act would make a worker leasing company elect to treat the workers it supplies to a client as either its own workers or the workers of the client for certain UI laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.5).</i>]
Allows a [<i>worker leasing company</i>] <b>professional employer organization</b> to elect to treat the employees [<i>it furnishes to</i>] <b>of</b> a client employer <b>for whom the PEO has assumed employer responsibilities</b> as either the employees of the [<i>company</i>] <b>PEO</b> itself or of the client employer for certain purposes under unemployment insurance law.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Relating to: Relating to employment; and prescribing an effective date.
Current location: Chapter Number Assigned