republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/hb-1213.md

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Bill	Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program.	Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	HB 1213	Washington HB 1213 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Berry	5	44	4	2025-01-09	2025-05-17	openstates	ocd-bill/cb0ea974-ec2c-4443-b478-773411a17c4d	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1213&Year=2025&Initiative=false	b1c0dbd8b120a2758fd63cf704f60202e45adf792aebcb5c621c5b7d165fe2e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1213 (2025-2026) — Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Second Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
5. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — 28–20 (pass) · upper
• 715 Jacobsen Pg 14 Ln 20 (#26) — 44–51 (fail) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — 57–38 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — 55–41 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Berry — primary (person)
• Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Farivar — cosponsor (person)
• Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
• Fosse — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Mena — cosponsor (person)
• Obras — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Ryu — cosponsor (person)
• Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Street — cosponsor (person)
• Wylie — 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 & Workplace Standards. reading-1
• 2025-01-21 Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-01-31 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-02-07 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-02-07 LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-07 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-12 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2025-02-22 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
• 2025-02-27 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
• 2025-02-27 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-27 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-27 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-28 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2025-03-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-03-10 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). substitution
• 2025-03-10 Held on calendar.
• 2025-03-11 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-03-11 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-03-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2025-03-13 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. reading-1
• 2025-03-24 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-03-28 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-03-28 LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-28 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-28 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2025-03-31 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2025-04-05 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM.
• 2025-04-08 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-04-08 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-08 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-04-08 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-04-11 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-04-15 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2025-04-15 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-15 Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2025-04-19 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2025-04-19 Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 3. passage
• 2025-04-22 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-23 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-23 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-17 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-05-17 Chapter 304, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-05-17 Effective date 1/1/2026. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb0ea974-ec2c-4443-b478-773411a17c4d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).