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| Bill | Concerning language access providers' collective bargaining. | Concerning language access providers' collective bargaining. | us/states/wa | Washington Legislature | 2025-2026 | SB 5944 | Washington SB 5944 (2025-2026) |
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2 | 30 | 2 | 2025-12-29 | 2026-03-18 | openstates | ocd-bill/a0c84cef-0ef0-4769-8643-277720d01a8f | https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5944&Year=2025&Initiative=false | 43b306fc41fe2727cd03108e06341168a0f3623248474e805bc7b2d415a7fbdc | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Washington SB 5944 (2025-2026) — Concerning language access providers' collective bargaining.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — 44–5 (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — 86–10 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Cortes — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-29 Prefiled for introduction.
filing - 2026-01-12 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
reading-1 - 2026-01-19 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- 2026-01-23 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- 2026-01-23 LC - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-01-23 Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable - 2026-01-23 Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable - 2026-01-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- 2026-02-04 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2 - 2026-02-11 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3 - 2026-02-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3 - 2026-02-14 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
reading-1 - 2026-02-18 Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- 2026-02-20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- 2026-02-20 LAWS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-23 Referred to Appropriations.
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- 2026-02-27 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- 2026-02-27 APP - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-27 Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable - 2026-03-02 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee - 2026-03-03 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2 - 2026-03-04 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3 - 2026-03-05 President signed.
passage - 2026-03-05 Speaker signed.
passage - 2026-03-09 Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt - 2026-03-18 Governor signed.
executive-signature - 2026-03-18 Chapter 109, 2026 Laws.
became-law - 2026-03-18 Effective date 6/11/2026.
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a0c84cef-0ef0-4769-8643-277720d01a8f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).