Umbusi waseWashington uJay Inslee usayine uMthethosivivinywa we-Substitute House Bill 1798, ophathelene nokuqashwa kwesikhashana, waba umthetho. Lo mthethosivivinywa ububaluleke kakhulu kwi-Washington Hospitality Association ngesikhathi seSeshini Yezomthetho ka-2019. Umthethosivivinywa udinga ukuqashwa kwesikhashana ukuze kukhishwe zonke izintela, kugcinwe umshwalense wesikweletu futhi kufaka phakathi izinhlinzeko ezibalulekile zokuphepha kwabathengi.
“Ngethule lo mthethosivivinywa ngisho nasezinkundleni zokudlala zamahhotela asekhaya,” kusho umxhasi omkhulu walo mthethosivivinywa, uRep. Cindy Ryu, D- Shoreline. “Njengabantu abaningi, ngingumthengi wazo zombili izindawo eziqashisayo namahhotela, ngakho ngijwayele ukukhokha zonke izintela ezifanayo uma ngikwezinye izifundazwe. Kuwubulungisa kuphela ukukhokha uhlobo olufanayo lwentela kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sihlala ehhotela noma indawo yokuqasha yesikhashana.”
Umthetho omusha udinga ukuthi opharetha abaqashisayo besikhathi esifushane nezinkundla babhalise noMnyango Wezimali Wezwe futhi bakhiphe zonke izintela zasendaweni, zesifunda kanye nezenhlangano. Okubalulekile, ukuqashwa kwesikhashana kuzophinda kukhokhe izintela zendawo yokuhlala ezisiza ukukhokhela imisebenzi ehlobene nezokuvakasha emiphakathini yasendaweni kuso sonke isifunda.
"Ngiyabonga ukuthi isiShayamthetho saseWashington State kanye noMmeleli Wesifunda uCindy Ryu bathatha izinyathelo zokuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwabantu nezivakashi ezihlala eWashington ngenkathi futhi bebhekana nomthelela wokuqashwa kwesikhashana ezindlini ezingabizi kakhulu esifundazweni sethu," kusho uRon Oh, umphathi jikelele we-Holiday Inn Express & Suites North Seattle-Shoreline kanye ne-Washington Hospitality Association IPhini likaSihlalo Webhodi Labaqondisi kanye nosihlalo obambisene weKomidi Lezindaba Zikahulumeni.
Abasebenzi abaqashisayo besikhathi esifushane bazoba nezidingo ezintsha zokuphepha kwabathengi ngenxa yalo mthetho. Lezi zidingo zihlanganisa ukuhlinzeka abasebenzisi ngolwazi lokuxhumana lomuntu othile ongase aphendule imibuzo yesivakashi ngesikhathi sokuhlala kanye nokuthobela imithetho ye-alamu ye-carbon monoxide. Abaqhubi besikhathi esifushane nabo kuzodingeka bathumele ikheli leyunithi eqashisayo, imininingwane yokuxhumana yezimo eziphuthumayo, ipulani yaphansi enezindawo zokuphuma umlilo nezindlela zokuphuma, imikhawulo ephezulu yokuhlala kanye nolwazi lokuxhumana lomsebenzisi endaweni esobala ngaphakathi kweyunithi yokuqasha yesikhashana.
Kuyo yonke inqubo yomthetho, i-Substitute House Bill 1798 yahlanganisa ababambiqhaza abaningi ukuze baxoxe ngezidingo zokuqasha zesikhashana esifundazweni. "Bekunezintshisekelo eziningi ezihilelekile kulo mthethosivivinywa," kusho uRep. Gina Mosbrucker, R-Goldendale, kanye nomxhasi walo mthethosivivinywa. “Ekugcineni, bahlangana ukuze bafinyelele esivumelwaneni sokuvumelana. Ngiyawazisa umzamo wokubambisana wabo bonke abahilelekile.”
Indawo eyodwa yesivumelwano phakathi kwababambe iqhaza izungeza ukufaka phakathi ukuvikelwa kwesibopho somshwalense kubasebenzi abaqashisayo besikhathi esifushane nezakhiwo. Umthethosivivinywa wokugcina uqukethe umbandela odinga ukuthi abaqhubi besikhathi esifushane abaqashisayo kufanele bagcine umshwalense wesikweletu oyinhloko okungenani ongu-$1 wesigidi ukuze ukhokhele iyunithi yokuqasha. Abasebenzi abaqashisayo besikhathi esifushane nabo bangase bafeze le mfuneko uma benza umsebenzi wokuqasha ngenkundla ehlinzeka ngomshwalense.
“Njenge-ejenti yangaphambili yomshwalense, ngiyajabula ukuthi abanikazi bezindawo eziqashisayo zesikhashana esifundazweni sase-Washington bazokwaziswa ngesidingo sokuthi babheke ukumbozwa komshwalense wabo wesikweletu ngaphambi kokuba bangene kunoma yiziphi izikweletu ezingaba khona zebhizinisi,” kusho uRyu.
Umthethosivivinywa uzoqala ukusebenza mhla zingama-27 kuNtulikazi wezi-2019, okuyizinsuku ezingama-90 kulandela ukuhlehliswa kweSeshini yesishayamthetho yowezi-2019.
