---
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 2614"
citation: "Washington HB 2614 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a782375c-6ca9-4ef6-bd77-da562083f372"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2614&year=2019"
source_hash: "92d3fad5c81a2b3a68ee17d3a53f78afabdcd467b2e5ff5894892b74e8095053"
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 2614 (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/2614.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2614-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **60–37** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **38–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-27** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-08** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Workplace Standards.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-23** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-27** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-08** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Workplace Standards.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 125, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020*. `became-law`
- **2020-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-03T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-08T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2020-02-25T17:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 12:00 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a782375c-6ca9-4ef6-bd77-da562083f372`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).