republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/hb-1879.md

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Bill	Concerning meal and rest breaks for hospital workers.	Concerning meal and rest breaks for hospital workers.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	HB 1879	Washington HB 1879 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Thomas	3	24	2	2025-02-07	2025-04-21	openstates	ocd-bill/d4dc22d3-8e82-4c2e-a493-f7db3d117079	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1879&Year=2025&Initiative=false	855203f2a2d2487d3ddad0f861a2b16b0fbb66c394ad52f1284d4a05bd0b199e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1879 (2025-2026) — Concerning meal and rest breaks for hospital workers.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Thomas — primary (person)
• Berry — cosponsor (person)
• Cortes — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
• Fosse — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Parshley — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Ramel — cosponsor (person)
• Santos — cosponsor (person)
• Scott — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-02-07 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. reading-1
• 2025-02-12 Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-02-18 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-02-18 LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-20 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2025-02-28 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-03-04 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 25). substitution
• 2025-03-04 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-03-04 Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2025-03-06 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. reading-1
• 2025-03-18 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-03-21 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-03-21 LC - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-25 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-04-04 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-04-08 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-08 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2025-04-11 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-14 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-16 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-04-21 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-04-21 Chapter 101, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-04-21 Effective date 1/1/2026. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4dc22d3-8e82-4c2e-a493-f7db3d117079. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).