---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning paid family and medical leave."
description: "Concerning paid family and medical leave."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1399"
citation: "Washington HB 1399 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "LABOR", "EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a91d7e4-db1f-42e5-ad78-d857c3dcf618"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1399&year=2019"
source_hash: "cf6cca2ba7876fb18135d8849110073e7b5868a12c233c2c737c0d873c7d23af"
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 1399 (2019-2020) — Concerning paid family and medical leave.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1399.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1399-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **40–6** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#28) — **71–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-21** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-18** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Appropriations.
- **2019-02-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-28** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-18** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Appropriations.
- **2019-02-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-03** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-03** Chapter 13, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-03** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-22T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
- **2019-01-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-14T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-18T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-14T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-18T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce 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/5a91d7e4-db1f-42e5-ad78-d857c3dcf618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).