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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning public employee collective bargaining processes."
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description: "Concerning public employee collective bargaining processes."
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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 5503"
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citation: "Washington SB 5503 (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: ["Valdez"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-27"
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last_action: "2025-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edefa5ae-00f2-4fd7-9651-ed78b38a4813"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5503&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "c4a3642c0c5c0f07415ad2da97803af15830741529bead9d8df695110abe2636"
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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 5503 (2025-2026) — Concerning public employee collective bargaining processes.
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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/5503.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5503-S.htm)
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3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5503-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) — **59–36** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **31–18** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Valdez — primary (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
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- Conway — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-27** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-11** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-02-21** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25). `substitution`
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- **2025-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-03-28** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-03-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-15** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-15** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-20** Chapter 387, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-05-20** Effective date 7/27/2025. `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/edefa5ae-00f2-4fd7-9651-ed78b38a4813`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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