Concerning the department of labor and industries' authority to enact rules related to regulating asbestos training.

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HOUSE BILL 2494

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Representatives Obras, Berry, Parshley, Scott, Reeves, Nance, Ormsby, Hill, Pollet, and Reed; by request of Department of Labor & Industries

Read first time 01/15/26. Referred to Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards.

AN ACT Relating to department of labor and industries' authority to enact rules related to regulating asbestos training; and amending RCW 49.26.110 .

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 49.26.110 and 2011 c 301 s 14 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) No employee or other individual is eligible to do work governed by this chapter unless issued a certificate by the department.

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

17.5% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 41%, measured from WA's completed sessions
Momentum -1 44/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 270 days quiet

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