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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning accrued leave for construction workers."
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description: "Concerning accrued leave for construction workers."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "SB 5979"
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citation: "Washington SB 5979 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-04"
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last_action: "2024-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7ff0049-1371-4704-ae2a-e1d0d868e877"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5979&year=2023"
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source_hash: "bfb88f79e17117a3a838825443f48bd27d630bc9779022cd2fde1bce86b41a9f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington SB 5979 (2023-2024) — Concerning accrued leave for construction workers.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5979.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5979.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Keiser — primary (person)
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- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Conway — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
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- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
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- Liias — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Randall — cosponsor (person)
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- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-01-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-01-16** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2024-01-30** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-21** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** President signed. `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-13** Chapter 39, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2024-03-13** Effective date 3/13/2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7ff0049-1371-4704-ae2a-e1d0d868e877`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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