WA HB 1128

enacted

Establishing a child care workforce standards board.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Introduced: —
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-03-23 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

2024-12-23
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2025-01-13
First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
reading-1,referral-committee
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,referral-committee
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

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#42)
2026-02-13 · pass · 63-29
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: other
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: other
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: other
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: other
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- 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: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: no
- Richards: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: other
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9)
2026-03-04 · pass · 28-19
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: no
- Fortunato: no
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: no
- Goehner: no
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: no
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: no
- Hunt: yes
- Kauffman: other
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: no
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: other
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: no
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2)
2026-03-09 · pass · 68-27
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- 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: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- 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: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: other
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: other
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes

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https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1128&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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