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type: "Bill"
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title: "Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations."
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description: "Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations."
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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: "SB 5217"
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citation: "Washington SB 5217 (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: ["Nobles"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-10"
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last_action: "2025-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17a4bdce-effd-4edd-bbb7-212b0032ccbf"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5217&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "4ff55c46478ba6f6fa3035871f832103b958dc0969977300a1b352cfb29e8117"
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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 SB 5217 (2025-2026) — Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations.
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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/Senate%20Bills/5217.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5217-S2.E.htm)
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3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5217-S2.htm)
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4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5217-S2.PL.htm)
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5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5217-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **43–6** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **40–8** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **71–25** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nobles — primary (person)
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- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Liias — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
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- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
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- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
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- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
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- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
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- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-01-31** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-01-31** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-01-31** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-31** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-01-31** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-03** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
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- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-27** WM - 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** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-10** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
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- **2025-03-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-03-26** LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-03-28** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor & Workplace Standards. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-14** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2025-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 40; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
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- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-20** Chapter 379, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-05-20** Effective date 1/1/2027. `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/17a4bdce-effd-4edd-bbb7-212b0032ccbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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