Providing hiring preferences for state employment to certain federal employees.

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S-1658.1

SENATE BILL 5767

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Saldaña, Nobles, Stanford, Trudeau, and C. Wilson

Read first time 02/19/25. Referred to Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.

AN ACT Relating to providing hiring preferences for state employment to certain federal employees; amending RCW 41.04.010 ; and adding a new section to chapter 41.04 RCW.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 41.04.010 and 2024 c 146 s 14 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) In all competitive examinations, unless otherwise provided in this section, to determine the qualifications of applicants for public offices, positions, or employment, either the state, and all of its political subdivisions and all municipal corporations, or private companies or agencies contracted with by the state to give the competitive examinations shall give a scoring criteria status to all veterans as defined in RCW 41.04.007 and federal employees as defined in subsection (3) of this section , by adding to the passing mark, grade or rating only, based upon a possible rating of one hundred points as perfect a percentage in accordance with the following:

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

15.5% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 41%, measured from WA's completed sessions
Momentum -3 35/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 273 days quiet

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