---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring public employers under chapter 41.80 RCW to provide employee information to exclusive bargaining representatives."
description: "Requiring public employers under chapter 41.80 RCW to provide employee information to exclusive bargaining representatives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2091"
citation: "Washington HB 2091 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-02"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dceea23-4aa0-4b40-9b05-5c13f2138094"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2091&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "7a04df839ff8a4406751ab7dca65c51ca31aa4fd1c3e9558d797af753b15fc90"
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 2091 (2025-2026) — Requiring public employers under chapter 41.80 RCW to provide employee information to exclusive bargaining representatives.

## 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/House%20Bills/2091.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2091.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **92–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **44–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reed — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-02** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-23** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-23** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-24** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 92; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Chapter 195, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-24** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dceea23-4aa0-4b40-9b05-5c13f2138094`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).