1.  HB 2123 -- Workers’ compensation -- Weighted vote, counts as 28% of 2011 record (the share of  premiums that workers pay into the system) -- Fundamentally changes our safety net for injured workers, incentivizes employers to aggressively negotiate lower benefits and invites private insurers into our state by allowing buyouts for workers over 55 (50 by 2016). Freezes benefit COLAs for a year, requires permanent total disability offsets. Right vote: NO. (Passed 69-26, May 23.) 

2.  ESSB 5931 -- Contracting out state services -- Weighted vote, counts as 22% of total 2011 vote -- Consolidates four agencies into a Department of Enterprise Services, but promotes privatization of its services and explicitly prohibits state employees from competing to maintain their work. Right vote: NO. (Passed 54-42, May 25.)

3.  SHB 1832 -- Rights of Airport Service Employees -- Protects the jobs and rights of  airport service employees by guaranteeing seamless transitions with successor contractors. Right vote: YES. (Passed 52-44, Mar. 2.)

4.  2ESHB 1701 -- Contractor misclassification -- Increases penalties for misclassifying employees as independent contractors. Right vote: YES. (Passed 54-43, Mar. 4.)

5.  SSB 5801 -- Quality medical care for injured workers -- -- Expands our Centers for Occupational Health Education and creates a provider network with incentives and requirements that practitioners use best practices. Right vote: YES. (Passed 96-1, Mar. 5.)

6.  ESHB 1487-- Retro employer authority -- Expands the authority of employers in Retrospective Rating Groups to increase refunds by closing injured workers’ claims. Right vote: NO. (Passed 70-27, Mar. 5.)

7.  ESHB 2002 -- Workers’ compensation return-to-work -- Helps injured workers return to work on light duty status by subsidizing 50% of wages for up to 66 days. Right vote: YES. (Passed 54-43, Mar. 5.)