House Bill 1912 — State of Washington, 68th Legislature, 2024 Regular Session
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House Bill 1912 of the State of Washington, 68th Legislature, 2024 Regular Session, by Representatives Chapman, Waters, Schmidt and others, prefiled 12/07/23 and read first time 01/08/24. The act relates to requiring state agencies to share information to encourage rural economic development. Section 1 would have the department collect from the department of revenue, the department of labor and industries, the employment security department, and the department of licensing each business's annual revenue, employee numbers and occupations, aggregated payroll, and NAICS code. That information is exempt from public inspection and copying under chapter 42.56 RCW. Section 2 directs the department of labor and industries, beginning January 1, 2025, to publish aggregate apprentice data by county and occupation.
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HOUSE BILL 1912
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By Representatives Chapman, Waters, Schmidt, Barnard, Rule, Kloba,
Sandlin, Wylie, Reeves, and Tharinger
Prefiled 12/07/23. Read first time 01/08/24. Referred to Committee
on Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans.
1 AN ACT Relating to requiring state agencies to share information
2 to encourage rural economic development; adding a new section to
3 chapter 43.330 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 49.04 RCW.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
5 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.330
6 RCW to read as follows:
7 (1) The department must collect the following information in the
8 possession of the department of revenue, the department of labor and
9 industries, the employment security department, and the department of
10 licensing about each business in Washington state:
11 (a) The business's annual revenue;
12 (b) The number of employees that the business employs, and their
13 occupations;
14 (c) The business's aggregated payroll; and
15 (d) The North American industry classification system (NAICS)
16 code assigned to that business.
17 (2) The information obtained by the department under this section
18 and in the department's possession is exempt from public inspection
19 and copying pursuant to chapter 42.56 RCW. This section does not
20 affect whether another agency may be required or prohibited by law to
21 disclose any of this information that is in its possession.
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1 (3) The department must permit contracting associate development
2 organizations to have access to the data collected under this section
3 from the county for which they are designated. The organizations must
4 keep confidential any data received under this section, except that
5 they may provide organizations applying for grant funding with
6 aggregated data. Prior to receiving any data, associate development
7 organizations must meet data security standards established by the
8 department, and complete training developed by the department
9 concerning access, use, and confidentiality of data.
10 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 49.04
11 RCW to read as follows:
12 Beginning January 1, 2025, the department of labor and industries
13 shall compile aggregate data on the number of apprentices residing in
14 each county categorized by occupation and publish the aggregate data
15 on its website. The department shall update the aggregate data on its
16 website every quarter.
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