---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning workplace standards and requirements applicable to employers of isolated employees."
description: "Concerning workplace standards and requirements applicable to employers of isolated employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1524"
citation: "Washington HB 1524 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Obras"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e26f090-44e3-47e2-b5bd-bbdcea5a276d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1524&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "2ffe9783fdecc79a03b4febcdacea1f4efd6e03996454de2f96ba143e4ae8a21"
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 1524 (2025-2026) — Concerning workplace standards and requirements applicable to employers of isolated employees.

## 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/1524.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1524-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1524-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1524-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **86–10** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **37–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Obras — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 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`
- **2025-02-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-25** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-21** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-16** Chapter 47, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-16** 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/3e26f090-44e3-47e2-b5bd-bbdcea5a276d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).