---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning employers' information reporting for purposes of unemployment compensation."
description: "Concerning employers' information reporting for purposes of unemployment compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5874"
citation: "Washington SB 5874 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MacEwen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-12"
last_action: "2026-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/446604b8-cc66-4fe6-8629-e8eb6f7ce04c"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5874&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "996807973fd0c5bd232ea5e50df984d5fd62ac834376566bb9cedc4beec79e3b"
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 5874 (2025-2026) — Concerning employers' information reporting for purposes of unemployment compensation.

## 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/5874.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5874-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5874-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MacEwen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-12** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **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; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-01-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-06** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-20** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Chapter 43, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-14** 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/446604b8-cc66-4fe6-8629-e8eb6f7ce04c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).