WA HB 2479

enacted

Concerning the recovery of unpaid wages.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 2479 pass?

Yes. WA HB 2479 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-14. 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: —
Latest action: 2026-03-14 — Effective date 6/11/2026*.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-01-14
First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-23
Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
2026-01-30
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
2026-01-30
LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2026-02-03
Referred to Appropriations.
referral-committee
2026-02-05
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-07
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
2026-02-07
APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
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, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4.
reading-3
2026-02-17
First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-23
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-24
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:45 AM.
2026-02-24
LC - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-24
And refer to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2026-02-24
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-25
Referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
2026-03-02
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
2026-03-02
WM - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-02
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-03-02
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-03-03
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-03-04
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-04
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2026-03-05
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-06
President signed.
passage
2026-03-06
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-03-14
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-14
Chapter 53, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-14
Effective date 6/11/2026*.
became-law

Versions

Second Substitute Passed LegislatureCompare
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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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

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

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