---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program."
description: "Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1213"
citation: "Washington HB 1213 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb0ea974-ec2c-4443-b478-773411a17c4d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1213&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "b1c0dbd8b120a2758fd63cf704f60202e45adf792aebcb5c621c5b7d165fe2e8"
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 1213 (2025-2026) — Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program.

## 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/House%20Bills/1213.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1213-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1213-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1213-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1213-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **28–20** (pass) · upper
- 715 Jacobsen Pg 14 Ln 20 (#26) — **44–51** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **57–38** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **55–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berry — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-31** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-07** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-12** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-27** APP - 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** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-10** Held on calendar.
- **2025-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-28** LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 304, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** Effective date 1/1/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb0ea974-ec2c-4443-b478-773411a17c4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).