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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations."
+description: "Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SB 5217"
+citation: "Washington SB 5217 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nobles"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-10"
+last_action: "2025-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17a4bdce-effd-4edd-bbb7-212b0032ccbf"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5217&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "4ff55c46478ba6f6fa3035871f832103b958dc0969977300a1b352cfb29e8117"
+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 5217 (2025-2026) — Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations.
+
+## 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/Senate%20Bills/5217.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5217-S2.E.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5217-S2.htm)
+4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5217-S2.PL.htm)
+5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5217-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **43–6** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **40–8** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **71–25** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nobles — primary (person)
+- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
+- Liias — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
+- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-01-31** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-01-31** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-01-31** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-01-31** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-03** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-27** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-10** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-03-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-03-26** LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-03-28** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor & Workplace Standards. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-14** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2025-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 40; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-20** Chapter 379, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-05-20** Effective date 1/1/2027. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17a4bdce-effd-4edd-bbb7-212b0032ccbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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