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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education."
description: "Concerning collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1570"
citation: "Washington HB 1570 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timmons"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2026-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de127979-536f-4234-b261-f36a6bcda562"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1570&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "47c7da9d7e621c92dda83c9e4c00c143d52e1792ba9bed858fa581d1c4e59b5a"
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 HB 1570 (2025-2026) — Concerning collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education.
## 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/House%20Bills/1570.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1570-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1570-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **58–35** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Timmons — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-24** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-17** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-01-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-02** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2026-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:45 AM.
- **2026-02-24** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-18** Chapter 113, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-18** Effective date 3/18/2026. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de127979-536f-4234-b261-f36a6bcda562`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).