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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs."
description: "Concerning employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5525"
citation: "Washington SB 5525 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57cc92ac-4049-4b96-b179-42e3b7ffd6fe"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5525&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "db1e0e512de3ea18cf5853a7896260326eb03337a7cddd297cf9db77db93e398"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# Washington SB 5525 (2025-2026) — Concerning employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5525.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5525-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5525-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5525-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **59–38** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-27** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-14** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-14** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-04** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Chapter 277, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57cc92ac-4049-4b96-b179-42e3b7ffd6fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).