---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning reasonable accommodation for the expression of breast milk without requiring written certification from a health care professional."
description: "Concerning reasonable accommodation for the expression of breast milk without requiring written certification from a health care professional."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2266"
citation: "Washington HB 2266 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "WOMEN", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doglio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-23"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caf20945-c30a-4717-b333-a98087084fa5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2266&year=2019"
source_hash: "7a2d365057a4c53827d4c717715babf1fe1e0c3dc559b44e3f4af375d0109e2b"
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 2266 (2019-2020) — Concerning reasonable accommodation for the expression of breast milk without requiring written certification from a health care professional.

## 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/2266.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doglio — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-23** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-16** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 111, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-13T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-16T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2020-02-24T15:00:00+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/caf20945-c30a-4717-b333-a98087084fa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).