---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning paid family and medical leave rates."
description: "Concerning paid family and medical leave rates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5292"
citation: "Washington SB 5292 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 66
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2026-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61d4c888-7737-4f40-9f62-f4faa769028c"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5292&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "646f55a1d891ec6798d0abad604d12303edfd86133f77c868577c6d96d88bbce"
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 5292 (2025-2026) — Concerning paid family and medical leave rates.

## 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/5292.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5292-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5292-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5292-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **43–5** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **45–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-18** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-18** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Commerce. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `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`
- **2025-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25). `substitution`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-08** 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.
- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-26** LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor & Workplace Standards. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor & Workplace Standards. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-27** By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-01-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. On motion, referred to Labor & Commerce.
- **2026-01-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-23** LC - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-26** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** WM - Majority; do pass 2nd substitute bill proposed by Labor & Commerce. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2026-02-12** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended.
- **2026-02-13** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2026-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted (LC 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:45 AM.
- **2026-02-25** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-18** Chapter 104, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-18** Effective date 1/1/2028. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61d4c888-7737-4f40-9f62-f4faa769028c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).