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WA HB 1068

enacted

Removing the exclusion from interest arbitration of Washington management service employees at the department of corrections.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1068 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1068 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-25. Latest recorded action (2025-04-25): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA HB 1068 about?

WA HB 1068 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Removing the exclusion from interest arbitration of Washington management service employees at the department of corrections.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1068?

Doglio is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1068, joined by 20 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-04-25 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Doglioprimary
  • Salahuddincosponsor
  • Lekanoffcosponsor
  • Ormsbycosponsor
  • Daviscosponsor
  • Timmonscosponsor
  • Obrascosponsor
  • Reedcosponsor
  • Berrycosponsor
  • Ramelcosponsor
  • Hillcosponsor
  • Ryucosponsor
  • Fossecosponsor
  • Goodmancosponsor
  • Nancecosponsor
  • Scottcosponsor
  • Streetcosponsor
  • Tharingercosponsor
  • Reevescosponsor
  • Bronoskecosponsor
  • Leavittcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-13

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-17

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.

  4. 2025-01-29

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.

  5. 2025-01-29

    LAWS - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2025-01-29

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  7. 2025-01-31

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-02-10

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.

  9. 2025-02-13

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.

  10. 2025-02-13

    APP - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-02-13

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  12. 2025-02-13

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  13. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  14. 2025-02-28

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  15. 2025-03-03

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  16. 2025-03-03

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  17. 2025-03-05

    First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  18. 2025-03-21

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.

  19. 2025-03-21

    LC - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2025-03-21

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  21. 2025-03-21

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  23. 2025-04-03

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  24. 2025-04-08

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  25. 2025-04-08

    WM - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2025-04-08

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  27. 2025-04-08

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  28. 2025-04-08

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  29. 2025-04-11

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  30. 2025-04-15

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  31. 2025-04-15

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  32. 2025-04-16

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  33. 2025-04-18

    President signed.

    passage

  34. 2025-04-21

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  35. 2025-04-25

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  36. 2025-04-25

    Chapter 162, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  37. 2025-04-25

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8)

    2025-03-03 · pass · 72-25

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: yes
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: yes
    • Hackney: other
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: yes
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: no
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: yes
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: yes
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19)

    2025-04-15 · pass · 36-12

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: no
    • Goehner: no
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: other
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1068&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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