---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning employees' paid family or medical leave data."
description: "Concerning employees' paid family or medical leave data."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5586"
citation: "Washington SB 5586 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/333e4a23-dabe-4f21-bcf3-17749378843e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5586&year=2023"
source_hash: "65e0b0bc815b81c1fc0af0977fa598ac33b24e0e3cbdbc90e97dd02b144478ba"
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 5586 (2023-2024) — Concerning employees' paid family or medical leave data.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5586.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5586-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5586-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-07** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-28** LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 375, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** Effective date 1/1/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/333e4a23-dabe-4f21-bcf3-17749378843e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).