2022 legislative review
that an employee ’ s use of paid sick leave is for the authorized purpose ; and may not require a medical examination or statement from a health care provider . This changes the existing law that would allow employers , regardless of whether they provide health insurance , to request a doctor ’ s note for paid sick leave absences exceeding three days . This bill would have forced small employers to provide health insurance when not required by law . The bill failed to move .
data privacy and technology matters
The 2022 session saw a significant discussion around data privacy . We are also seeing significant movement on the federal privacy legislation as well . Some bills from the 2021 session remained in play . We also saw an attempt to link two bills to address the enforcement provisions as well as substantive portion of the bills . Unfortunately , this link of bills resulted in AWB having to oppose some bills we had supported in the 2021 session . AWB continues to seek a fair , balanced approach to data privacy that does not create private rights of action .
2SSB 5062 data privacy-concerning the management , oversight , and use of data
Failed / AWB Opposed
Second Substitute Senate Bill 5062 was introduced by Sen . Reuven Carlyle , D-Seattle . This bill as introduced was originally enforced by the attorney general and provided for a right to cure . AWB has worked with the prime sponsor of the bill since the summer of 2020 . The Senate bill provided Washington residents with the consumer personal data rights of access , correction , deletion , data portability , and opt-out of the processing of personal data for specified purposes . It created requirements that an entity must satisfy for the requirements set forth in this act to apply .
It identified controller responsibilities . It established attorney general enforcement under the Consumer Protection Act as the only enforcement with a right to cure provision . AWB continued support 2SSB 5062 as it passed by the Senate ( 48-1 ) in 2021 . The bill was the right balance of consumer protection and needed guidance to all businesses — large and small — who will have a compliance obligation under the bill .
By legislative procedure , the bill automatically went back to the Senate Rules Committee for the 2022 session . All provisions remained the same except for the enforcement provisions . The prime sponsor proposed that the enforcement provisions be addressed in HB 1850 . Because the bill was linked in the end of session with HB 1850 , AWB was opposed . HB 1850 is discussed below . As a result of the changes in the two bills regarding enforcement as well as other provisions both bills failed to move .
Left : Rep . Vandana Slatter , D-Bellevue , is chair of the House College & Workforce Development Committee . Right : Rep . Liz Berry , D-Seattle , seen here speaking virtually to AWB members during the Legislative Day & Hill Climb , is vice chair of the House Labor & Workplace Standards Committee .
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