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type: "Bill"
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title: "Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program."
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description: "Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "HB 1213"
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citation: "Washington HB 1213 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Berry"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-09"
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last_action: "2025-05-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb0ea974-ec2c-4443-b478-773411a17c4d"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1213&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "b1c0dbd8b120a2758fd63cf704f60202e45adf792aebcb5c621c5b7d165fe2e8"
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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 HB 1213 (2025-2026) — Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program.
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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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1213.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1213-S2.E.htm)
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3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1213-S2.htm)
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4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1213-S2.PL.htm)
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5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1213-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **28–20** (pass) · upper
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- 715 Jacobsen Pg 14 Ln 20 (#26) — **44–51** (fail) · lower
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **57–38** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **55–41** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Berry — primary (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
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- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
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- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
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- Macri — cosponsor (person)
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- Mena — cosponsor (person)
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- Obras — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
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- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
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- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
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- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
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- Street — cosponsor (person)
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- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-01-31** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-07** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-12** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2025-02-27** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-10** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
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- **2025-03-10** Held on calendar.
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- **2025-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-03-28** LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-03-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-31** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM.
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- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2025-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-17** Chapter 304, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-05-17** Effective date 1/1/2026. `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/cb0ea974-ec2c-4443-b478-773411a17c4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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