WA HB 1879
enactedConcerning meal and rest breaks for hospital workers.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did WA HB 1879 pass?
Yes. WA HB 1879 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-21): Effective date 1/1/2026.
What is WA HB 1879 about?
WA HB 1879 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning meal and rest breaks for hospital workers.”.
Who sponsors WA HB 1879?
Thomas is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1879, joined by 13 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-04-21 — Effective date 1/1/2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Thomasprimary
- Fossecosponsor
- Hillcosponsor
- Ramelcosponsor
- Scottcosponsor
- Ormsbycosponsor
- Fitzgibboncosponsor
- Polletcosponsor
- Cortescosponsor
- Simmonscosponsor
- Parshleycosponsor
- Dogliocosponsor
- Berrycosponsor
- Santoscosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-04-21
Effective date 1/1/2026.
became-law
2025-04-21
Chapter 101, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-21
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-16
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-14
President signed.
passage
2025-04-11
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-08
Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-04-08
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-04
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-03-25
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-03-21
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-21
LC - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-21
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
2025-03-18
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-06
First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-04
Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.
reading-3
2025-03-04
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-04
1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 25).
substitution
2025-02-28
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-02-20
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-02-18
LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-18
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
2025-02-12
Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-07
First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
reading-1,referral-committee
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27)
2025-03-04 · pass · 95-0
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: yes
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: yes
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- 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: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: other
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: other
- 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 (#11)
2025-04-08 · pass · 48-0
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: yes
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: yes
- Fortunato: yes
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: yes
- Goehner: yes
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: yes
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: yes
- McCune: yes
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Ramos: other
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: yes
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: yes
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: yes
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: yes
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