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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning language access providers' collective bargaining."
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description: "Concerning language access providers' collective bargaining."
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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 5944"
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citation: "Washington SB 5944 (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: ["Cortes"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-12-29"
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last_action: "2026-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0c84cef-0ef0-4769-8643-277720d01a8f"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5944&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "43b306fc41fe2727cd03108e06341168a0f3623248474e805bc7b2d415a7fbdc"
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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 5944 (2025-2026) — Concerning language access providers' collective bargaining.
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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/5944.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5944.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **44–5** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **86–10** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cortes — primary (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Wilson — 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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- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-29** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-01-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-01-23** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-01-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2026-02-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-14** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-20** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-23** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
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- **2026-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-27** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `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, 86; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-18** Chapter 109, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-18** 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/a0c84cef-0ef0-4769-8643-277720d01a8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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