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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishing health emergency labor standards."
+description: "Establishing health emergency labor standards."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "SB 5115"
+citation: "Washington SB 5115 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILD CARE", "COVID-19 AND CORONAVIRUS", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "EMERGENCY", "STATE OF", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT", "LABOR", "LABOR AND INDUSTRIES", "DEPARTMENT", "NAMED ACTS", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC.", "WAGES AND HOURS", "WORKERS' COMPENSATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84c0dff6-3aa7-4f64-83bb-10b3fe6d0743"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5115&year=2021"
+source_hash: "da3b05430fc63ffd4c5d86a690e596f3aab7675db63a387725a7de9581c69bc7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington SB 5115 (2021-2022) — Establishing health emergency labor standards.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5115.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5115-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5115-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House on Reconsideration (#25) — **68–30** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **70–27** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — **32–16** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Keiser — primary (person)
+- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Conway — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
+- Liias — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
+- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
+- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 9:00 AM.
+- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 8:30 AM.
+- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** LCTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (LCTA 21). `substitution`
+- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
+- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM.
+- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
+- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM.
+- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
+- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 70; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
+- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Returned to second reading for amendment.
+- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
+- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 68; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 32; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 252, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 5/11/2021. `became-law`
+- **2021-01-18T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 09:00 AM
+- **2021-02-15T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 08:30 AM
+- **2021-03-12T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
+- **2021-03-24T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84c0dff6-3aa7-4f64-83bb-10b3fe6d0743`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+