---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning meal and rest breaks for hospital workers."
description: "Concerning meal and rest breaks for hospital workers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1879"
citation: "Washington HB 1879 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4dc22d3-8e82-4c2e-a493-f7db3d117079"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1879&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "855203f2a2d2487d3ddad0f861a2b16b0fbb66c394ad52f1284d4a05bd0b199e"
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 1879 (2025-2026) — Concerning meal and rest breaks for hospital workers.

## 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/1879.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1879-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1879-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-18** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** 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`
- **2025-03-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Chapter 101, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-21** 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/d4dc22d3-8e82-4c2e-a493-f7db3d117079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).