---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the continuity of employee family and medical leave rights."
description: "Clarifying the continuity of employee family and medical leave rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1087"
citation: "Washington HB 1087 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT", "LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/407052cc-dbc5-4aa6-b647-1d7e4da35382"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1087&year=2021"
source_hash: "1737b9844a14c55d7417d652d29f25df1da2fe9572e7f6e71f680c5aa5f138b8"
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 1087 (2021-2022) — Clarifying the continuity of employee family and medical leave rights.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1087.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berry — primary (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Wicks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** LCTA - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 59, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 4/16/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-20T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM
- **2021-01-27T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-10T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM
- **2021-03-17T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/407052cc-dbc5-4aa6-b647-1d7e4da35382`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).