---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers."
description: "Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5041"
citation: "Washington SB 5041 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-12-13"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e883ee10-0d5b-4a73-8ade-bc45137159c6"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5041&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "73763958bb4539a9c63475747814983fff9600dc7a4ebd328a2e17e9a4123f56"
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 SB 5041 (2025-2026) — Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout 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/Senate%20Bills/5041.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5041-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5041-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5041-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#8) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Immediately Transmit to Senate (#3) — **55–41** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee (#2) — **51–45** (pass) · lower
- Grant Conference (#2) — **53–45** (pass) · lower
- Adoption as Recommended by the Conference Committee (#1) — **53–43** (pass) · lower
- 148 Braun Pg 2 Ln 13 (#14) — **24–25** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **52–43** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur in House Amendment(s) (#5) — **25–23** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Riccelli — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-13** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-07** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-14** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-14** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-14** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-28** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Commerce. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Senate refuses to concur in the House amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Conference Requested.
- **2025-04-22** Conference committee appointed. Senators Saldaña, Riccelli, MacEwen.
- **2025-04-23** Conference committee request granted.
- **2025-04-23** Conference committee appointed. Representatives Berry, Doglio, Schmidt.
- **2025-04-24** Conference committee report; received 9:42 AM 4/24/2025.
- **2025-04-24** Conference committee report; received 10:10 AM 4/24/2025.
- **2025-04-25** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2025-04-25** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 51; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 2.
- **2025-04-25** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2025-04-25** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- **2025-04-26** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Chapter 352, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-19** Effective date 7/27/2025*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e883ee10-0d5b-4a73-8ade-bc45137159c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).