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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the recovery of unpaid wages."
+description: "Concerning the recovery of unpaid wages."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 2479"
+citation: "Washington HB 2479 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fosse"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-03-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4da9b14c-249e-4307-a344-62a0c5de7456"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2479&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "4bb096b069e4536e9cd669706798e10d8dd33feaf13339b1d0fd66e01e3180a4"
+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 HB 2479 (2025-2026) — Concerning the recovery of unpaid wages.
+
+## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2479.htm)
+2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2479-S2.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2479-S2.PL.htm)
+4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2479-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fosse — primary (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
+- Callan — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Nance — cosponsor (person)
+- Obras — cosponsor (person)
+- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
+- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
+- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
+- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-01-30** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2026-02-03** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2026-02-07** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 26). `substitution`
+- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:45 AM.
+- **2026-02-24** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-25** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
+- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-06** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Chapter 53, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-14** Effective date 6/11/2026*. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4da9b14c-249e-4307-a344-62a0c5de7456`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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