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type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the safety and health of working minors."
description: "Concerning the safety and health of working minors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1644"
citation: "Washington HB 1644 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fosse"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fe060e0-0f17-4283-bf48-6c8e9030e529"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1644&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "c263f2ad3bcd8a543e9849ed2f1c5730b1b101561c1173aaf6d1d69e81de6f8e"
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 1644 (2025-2026) — Concerning the safety and health of working minors.
## 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/1644.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1644-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1644-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1644-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **37–12** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **60–35** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Fosse — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-28** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28** Chapter 173, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-28** Effective date 7/1/2026. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fe060e0-0f17-4283-bf48-6c8e9030e529`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).