---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning meal and rest breaks and mandatory overtime for certain health care employees."
description: "Concerning meal and rest breaks and mandatory overtime for certain health care employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1155"
citation: "Washington HB 1155 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WAGES AND HOURS", "HOSPITALS", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 57
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2427c963-eb80-4471-a84f-a60b05c15c65"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1155&year=2019"
source_hash: "9c5b4230b73067117b711bc2aa01b5423a58c5e362c64275c346b6fec80c2ef4"
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 1155 (2019-2020) — Concerning meal and rest breaks and mandatory overtime for certain health care 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1155.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1155-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#15) — **63–34** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#3) — **70–24** (pass) · lower
- 82 Stokesbary Pg 2 Ln 18 (#14) — **42–55** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#31) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#12) — **32–16** (pass) · upper
- 724 King Pg 2 Ln 1 (#30) — **26–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Riccelli — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** Held on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** Held on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-19** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor & Commerce.
- **2019-04-03** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-16** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** House refuses to concur in the Senate amendments. Asks Senate for Conference thereon.
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee appointed. Representatives Cody, Mosbrucker, Sells.
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee request granted.
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee appointed. Senators Dhingra, King, Van De Wege.
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee report; received 6:00 PM 4/23/2019.
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee report; received 6:05 PM 4/23/2019.
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2019-04-24** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 32; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2019-04-24** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 70; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 4.
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter 296, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 1/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-01-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2019-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-13T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-14T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-19T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-26T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-03T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2427c963-eb80-4471-a84f-a60b05c15c65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).