WA HB 1213

enacted

Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1213 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1213 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-17. Latest recorded action (2025-05-17): Effective date 1/1/2026.

What is WA HB 1213 about?

WA HB 1213 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1213?

Berry is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1213, joined by 19 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-05-17 — Effective date 1/1/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-09
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2025-01-13
First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-21
Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
2025-01-31
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 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
2025-02-12
Referred to Appropriations.
referral-committee
2025-02-22
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
2025-02-27
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
2025-02-27
APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-27
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-27
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-28
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-09
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-03-10
2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25).
substitution
2025-03-10
Held on calendar.
2025-03-11
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-03-11
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-11
Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
2025-03-13
First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-24
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-28
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
2025-03-28
LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-28
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-28
And refer to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-03-31
Referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-04-05
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 PM.
2025-04-08
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-08
WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-08
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-04-08
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-04-11
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-04-15
Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
2025-04-15
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-15
Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-04-19
House concurred in Senate amendments.
2025-04-19
Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 3.
passage
2025-04-22
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-23
President signed.
passage
2025-04-23
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-05-17
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-05-17
Chapter 304, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-05-17
Effective date 1/1/2026.
became-law

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Votes

715 Jacobsen Pg 14 Ln 20 (#26)
2025-03-10 · fail · 44-51
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: no
- Bergquist: no
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: no
- Bronoske: no
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: no
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: no
- Couture: yes
- Davis: no
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: no
- Donaghy: no
- Duerr: no
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: no
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: no
- Fey: no
- Fitzgibbon: no
- Fosse: no
- Goodman: no
- Graham: other
- Gregerson: no
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: other
- Hill: no
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: no
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: no
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: no
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: no
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: no
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: no
- Nance: no
- Obras: no
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: no
- Ortiz-Self: no
- Parshley: no
- Paul: no
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: no
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: no
- Reed: no
- Reeves: no
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: no
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: no
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: no
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: no
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: no
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: no
- Street: no
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: no
- Thai: no
- Tharinger: no
- Thomas: no
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: other
- Walen: no
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: no
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1)
2025-03-11 · pass · 55-41
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: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: other
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- 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: no
- Rude: no
- Rule: no
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: no
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18)
2025-04-15 · pass · 28-20
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: no
- 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
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- 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: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no
Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9)
2025-04-19 · pass · 57-38
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: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: yes
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: other
- 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: no
- Rude: no
- Rule: other
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: other
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes

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https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1213&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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