---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning paid family leave premium collection for dockworkers."
description: "Concerning paid family leave premium collection for dockworkers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5191"
citation: "Washington SB 5191 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2a21d84-9b0c-41bb-818f-fac914435652"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5191&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "3622c7a7dfd415aaafd877ad604b1fea24fd67d813abdef8c2b72f435568db21"
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 5191 (2025-2026) — Concerning paid family leave premium collection for dockworkers.

## 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/5191.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5191-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5191-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-24** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-01-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-05** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-07** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** 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`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-05** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Chapter 178, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-29** 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/e2a21d84-9b0c-41bb-818f-fac914435652`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).