---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status."
description: "Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5104"
citation: "Washington SB 5104 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hasegawa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-23"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/994efc79-8ff2-43dd-88a6-b0e31370a16d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5104&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "5c8dd4b35b4d5be564c96deab5bc903b09f4dbefeaaa3d752710498082540dec"
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 5104 (2025-2026) — Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5104.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5104-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5104-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **40–9** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **59–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hasegawa — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-23** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-31** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-31** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-03** On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-17** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** LAWS - 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`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-05** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Chapter 236, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-12** Effective date 7/1/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/994efc79-8ff2-43dd-88a6-b0e31370a16d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).