---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing labor protections for domestic workers."
description: "Establishing labor protections for domestic workers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2355"
citation: "Washington HB 2355 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d72ac1f9-010d-4efe-84c1-d0f4f46216b7"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2355&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "ce3f08d39bb02e7877eb670d4662b5bd83aecab3920a143d0f0808704327dbd9"
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 2355 (2025-2026) — Establishing labor protections for domestic workers.

## 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/2355.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2355-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2355-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **28–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-30** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-30** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2026-02-07** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Workplace Standards. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-20** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-09** Chapter 15, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-09** Effective date 7/1/2027. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d72ac1f9-010d-4efe-84c1-d0f4f46216b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).