---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reorganizing and adding subchapter headings to public employees' collective bargaining statutes."
description: "Reorganizing and adding subchapter headings to public employees' collective bargaining statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5435"
citation: "Washington SB 5435 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24ca37a3-6bd4-4589-809b-b5e5dfd3b45d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5435&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "e438ad6e520ce7f38a3e43d6b5cee142c01ca984966bd31708e0fa39b9c0eaef"
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 5435 (2025-2026) — Reorganizing and adding subchapter headings to public employees' collective bargaining statutes.

## 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/5435.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5435.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27** 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; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-31** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; 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`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16** Chapter 290, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-16** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24ca37a3-6bd4-4589-809b-b5e5dfd3b45d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).