WashingtonWashington publishes workers’ compensation rates and explains capped increases
Washington’s labor department publishes each workers’ compensation class’s actuarial rate and explains any below-rate limit when it proposes premiums for the upcoming year.
What it does
The department publishes each class’s actuarial rate with its proposed premiums. When the director limits a class’s increase below that rate, the department explains the limit and how it affects other classes.
Argument forPublishing the actuarial rates and the effects of any cap could help employers understand how the department sets workers’ compensation premiums.
Argument againstEmployers in other classes may face higher rate increases when the department limits increases for some classes.
More detail
The Department of Labor and Industries publishes each risk class’s actuarially indicated rate with its proposed premiums. If the director limits a class’s maximum increase below its actuarial rate, the department publishes information about that limit. The information covers limited classes, the rates they would have had without the limit, and rate increases imposed on other classes as a result. The additional information is required only when the director limits a class’s maximum increase below the level indicated by generally accepted actuarial principles. The department publishes the rates and any limit information with its proposed premiums for the upcoming year and on its website. It sends the limit information to legislative committees and the workers’ compensation advisory committee.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 23Effective date 6/11/2026.Latest
- Mar 23Chapter 162, 2026 Laws.Major
- Mar 23Governor Bob Ferguson signed.Became Law
- Mar 10Delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Mar 5Speaker signed.Passed House
- Mar 5President signed.Passed Senate
- Mar 4Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22). Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 4Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.Minor
- Mar 2Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.Minor
- Feb 25Referred to Rules 2 Review.Minor
- Feb 24LAWS - Majority; do pass.Minor
- Feb 24Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- Feb 20Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- Feb 12First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.Minor
- Feb 10Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 10Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.Minor
- Feb 4Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.Minor
- Feb 2Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- Jan 30Minority; without recommendation.Minor
- Jan 30LC - Majority; do pass.Minor
- Jan 30Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- Jan 23Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- Jan 14First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.Introduced
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