---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a task force to identify the role of the workplace in helping curb domestic violence."
description: "Creating a task force to identify the role of the workplace in helping curb domestic violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1315"
citation: "Washington HB 1315 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT", "COVID-19 AND CORONAVIRUS", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mosbrucker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d60d7389-b591-441b-be1c-7c08df15d7cb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1315&year=2021"
source_hash: "cfa0c164433ab7b5f8c799d18540f4e249e779d90c670a90a532e257bcb50e12"
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 1315 (2021-2022) — Creating a task force to identify the role of the workplace in helping curb domestic violence.

## 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/1315.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mosbrucker — primary (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 9:30 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; 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`
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 43, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-02-02T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM
- **2021-02-15T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
- **2021-03-11T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 08:00 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/d60d7389-b591-441b-be1c-7c08df15d7cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).