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WA HB 2479

enacted

Concerning the recovery of unpaid wages.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WA HB 2479 pass?

Yes. WA HB 2479 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-14): Effective date 6/11/2026*.

What is WA HB 2479 about?

WA HB 2479 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning the recovery of unpaid wages.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 2479?

Fosse is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2479, joined by 16 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-14 — Effective date 6/11/2026*.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Fosseprimary
  • Nancecosponsor
  • Macricosponsor
  • Polletcosponsor
  • Obrascosponsor
  • Cortescosponsor
  • Bronoskecosponsor
  • Dogliocosponsor
  • Callancosponsor
  • Goodmancosponsor
  • Parshleycosponsor
  • Stearnscosponsor
  • Zahncosponsor
  • Salahuddincosponsor
  • Berrycosponsor
  • Schmidtcosponsor
  • Ramelcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-14

    Effective date 6/11/2026*.

    became-law

  2. 2026-03-14

    Chapter 53, 2026 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2026-03-14

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2026-03-06

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-03-06

    President signed.

    passage

  6. 2026-03-05

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  7. 2026-03-04

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  8. 2026-03-04

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  9. 2026-03-03

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  10. 2026-03-02

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  11. 2026-03-02

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  12. 2026-03-02

    WM - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2026-03-02

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.

  14. 2026-02-27

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.

  15. 2026-02-25

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  16. 2026-02-24

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  17. 2026-02-24

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  18. 2026-02-24

    LC - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  19. 2026-02-24

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:45 AM.

  20. 2026-02-23

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.

  21. 2026-02-17

    First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  22. 2026-02-13

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4.

    reading-3

  23. 2026-02-13

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  24. 2026-02-13

    2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 26).

    substitution

  25. 2026-02-12

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

    reading-2

  26. 2026-02-09

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  27. 2026-02-07

    APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  28. 2026-02-07

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  29. 2026-02-05

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.

  30. 2026-02-03

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  31. 2026-01-30

    LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  32. 2026-01-30

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.

  33. 2026-01-23

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

  34. 2026-01-14

    First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.

    reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24)

    2026-02-13 · pass · 94-0

    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: other
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: other
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: yes
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: other
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: yes
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: yes
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: yes
    • Klicker: yes
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • 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: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: other
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: yes
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24)

    2026-03-04 · pass · 49-0

    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
    • Hunt: 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
    • 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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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2479&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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