---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations."
description: "Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5217"
citation: "Washington SB 5217 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nobles"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17a4bdce-effd-4edd-bbb7-212b0032ccbf"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5217&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "4ff55c46478ba6f6fa3035871f832103b958dc0969977300a1b352cfb29e8117"
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 5217 (2025-2026) — Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations.

## 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/5217.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5217-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5217-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5217-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5217-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **40–8** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **71–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nobles — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** 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`
- **2025-01-31** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** WM - 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** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-26** LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor & Workplace Standards. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 40; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 379, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** Effective date 1/1/2027. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17a4bdce-effd-4edd-bbb7-212b0032ccbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).