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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning the recovery of unpaid wages."
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description: "Concerning the recovery of unpaid wages."
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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 2479"
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citation: "Washington HB 2479 (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: ["Fosse"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-03-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4da9b14c-249e-4307-a344-62a0c5de7456"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2479&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "4bb096b069e4536e9cd669706798e10d8dd33feaf13339b1d0fd66e01e3180a4"
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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 2479 (2025-2026) — Concerning the recovery of unpaid wages.
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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/2479.htm)
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2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2479-S2.htm)
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3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2479-S2.PL.htm)
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4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2479-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Fosse — primary (person)
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- Berry — cosponsor (person)
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- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
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- Callan — cosponsor (person)
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- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
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- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
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- Macri — cosponsor (person)
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- Nance — cosponsor (person)
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- Obras — cosponsor (person)
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- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
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- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
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- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
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- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-01-30** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2026-02-03** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2026-02-07** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 26). `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:45 AM.
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- **2026-02-24** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
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- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-14** Chapter 53, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-14** Effective date 6/11/2026*. `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/4da9b14c-249e-4307-a344-62a0c5de7456`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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