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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 78

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: an income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness programs, granting rule-making authority, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)

Business Employment Employment relations, joint committee on Franchise — Taxation Health services, department of — Health Income tax — Credit Income tax — Deduction Medical service Revenue, department of Road

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates an income and franchise tax credit for workplace wellness

programs. The amount of the credit is equal to 30 percent of the amount that an

employer pays in the taxable year to provide a workplace wellness program to any

of the employer's employees who are employed at a small business in this state. A

workplace wellness program is a health or fitness program, as certified by the

Department of Health Services, that is provided with health risk assessments.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Bernier (R) , Bies (R) , Brooks (R) , Doyle (D) , Endsley (R) , Honadel (R) , Kahl (D) , Kaufert (R) , Kolste (D) , LeMahieu (R) , Murtha (R) , Nerison (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Petersen (R) , Petryk (R) , Ringhand (D) , Spiros (R) , Stone (R) , T. Larson (R) , Tranel (R) , Wright (D)

9 cosponsors

Billings (D) , Gudex (R) , Harsdorf (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Lassa (D) , Lazich (R) , Leibham (R) , Moulton (R) , Shilling (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Murtha, Tranel, Spiros, LeMahieu, Kahl, Petryk, Brooks, Stone, Bernier, T. Larson, Wright, Bies, Honadel, Doyle, Kolste, Ohnstad, Kaufert, A. Ott, Ringhand, Petersen, Endsley and Nerison; cosponsored by Senators Moulton, Lazich, Gudex, Harsdorf, L. Taylor, Shilling, Leibham and Lassa

  2. Mar 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs, Economy and Mining

  3. Apr 1, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 3, 2013 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 25, 2013 · Assembly

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  7. Oct 8, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Murtha

  8. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1