republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/hb-1128.md

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Bill	Establishing a child care workforce standards board.	Establishing a child care workforce standards board.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	HB 1128	Washington HB 1128 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Fosse	4	38	3	2024-12-23	2026-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/6114b05c-6a3d-4c62-a3ec-b2b365a57238	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1128&Year=2025&Initiative=false	24f65e43f8d9b253ad093fb0616b9296cc7f2d9872116d935765851394dbe046	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1128 (2025-2026) — Establishing a child care workforce standards board.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#42) — 63–29 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — 28–19 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — 68–27 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fosse — primary (person)
• Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
• Berg — cosponsor (person)
• Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
• Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
• Berry — cosponsor (person)
• Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
• Callan — cosponsor (person)
• Cortes — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Farivar — cosponsor (person)
• Fey — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Hackney — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Kloba — cosponsor (person)
• Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Mena — cosponsor (person)
• Morgan — cosponsor (person)
• Nance — cosponsor (person)
• Obras — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
• Parshley — cosponsor (person)
• Paul — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Ramel — cosponsor (person)
• Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• Rule — cosponsor (person)
• Ryu — cosponsor (person)
• Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
• Scott — cosponsor (person)
• Shavers — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Stearns — cosponsor (person)
• Stonier — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Timmons — cosponsor (person)
• Wylie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-12-23 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2025-01-13 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. reading-1
• 2025-01-15 Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-02-07 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-02-07 LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-07 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-07 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-12 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2026-01-12 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2026-02-06 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
• 2026-02-09 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
• 2026-02-09 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2026-02-09 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2026-02-09 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2026-02-09 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2026-02-13 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 26). substitution
• 2026-02-13 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2026-02-13 Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 6. reading-3
• 2026-02-17 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. reading-1
• 2026-02-20 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
• 2026-02-23 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
• 2026-02-23 LC - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-23 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2026-02-24 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2026-02-27 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2026-03-04 Held on calendar.
• 2026-03-04 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2026-03-04 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2026-03-09 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2026-03-09 Passed final passage; yeas, 68; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 3. passage
• 2026-03-11 Speaker signed. passage
• 2026-03-11 President signed. passage
• 2026-03-12 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2026-03-23 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2026-03-23 Chapter 148, 2026 Laws. became-law
• 2026-03-23 Effective date 6/11/2026. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6114b05c-6a3d-4c62-a3ec-b2b365a57238. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).