WA SB 5041

enacted

Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did WA SB 5041 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5041 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-19): Effective date 7/27/2025*.

What is WA SB 5041 about?

WA SB 5041 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5041?

Riccelli is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5041, joined by 18 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-05-19 — Effective date 7/27/2025*.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-05-19
Effective date 7/27/2025*.
became-law
2025-05-19
Chapter 352, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-05-19
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-27
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-26
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-26
President signed.
passage
2025-04-25
Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0.
2025-04-25
Conference committee report adopted.
2025-04-25
Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 51; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 2.
2025-04-25
Conference committee report adopted.
2025-04-24
Conference committee report; received 10:10 AM 4/24/2025.
2025-04-24
Conference committee report; received 9:42 AM 4/24/2025.
2025-04-23
Conference committee appointed. Representatives Berry, Doglio, Schmidt.
2025-04-23
Conference committee request granted.
2025-04-22
Conference committee appointed. Senators Saldaña, Riccelli, MacEwen.
2025-04-22
Conference Requested.
2025-04-22
Senate refuses to concur in the House amendments.
2025-04-12
Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 3.
reading-3
2025-04-12
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-12
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-04-10
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-04-08
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-04-07
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-04-07
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-04-07
APP - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-07
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-04
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-25
Referred to Appropriations.
referral-committee
2025-03-21
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-21
LAWS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-21
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-18
Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-11
First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-07
Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-03-07
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-07
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-03-07
1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25).
substitution
2025-03-05
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-02-28
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-02-28
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-28
WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Commerce.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-28
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-25
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-18
Referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-02-14
And refer to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-02-14
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-14
LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-14
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-07
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
2025-01-21
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
2025-01-13
First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
reading-1,referral-committee
2024-12-13
Prefiled for introduction.
filing

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Votes

148 Braun Pg 2 Ln 13 (#14)
2025-03-07 · fail · 24-25
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: no
- Bateman: no
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: yes
- Cleveland: no
- Conway: no
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: no
- Dozier: yes
- Fortunato: yes
- Frame: no
- Gildon: yes
- Goehner: yes
- Hansen: no
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: no
- Holy: yes
- Kauffman: no
- King: yes
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: no
- Lovick: no
- MacEwen: yes
- McCune: yes
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: no
- Orwall: no
- Pedersen: no
- Ramos: no
- Riccelli: no
- Robinson: no
- Saldaña: no
- Salomon: no
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: no
- Short: yes
- Slatter: no
- Stanford: no
- Torres: yes
- Trudeau: no
- Valdez: no
- Wagoner: yes
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: no
- Wilson, J.: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15)
2025-03-07 · pass · 28-21
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: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: no
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7)
2025-04-12 · pass · 52-43
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: no
- 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: no
- Eslick: other
- 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: other
- 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: no
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: no
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- 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: no
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: no
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
Do Not Concur in House Amendment(s) (#5)
2025-04-22 · pass · 25-23
Member-level votes (48)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: no
- 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: no
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: no
- 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: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: no
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no
Grant Conference (#2)
2025-04-23 · pass · 53-45
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: no
- 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: no
- 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: no
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee (#2)
2025-04-25 · pass · 51-45
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: no
- 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: no
- 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: no
- Morgan: other
- 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: yes
- 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: other
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: no
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: no
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
Adoption as Recommended by the Conference Committee (#1)
2025-04-25 · pass · 53-43
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: no
- 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: no
- Morgan: other
- 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: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- 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: other
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: no
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: no
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
Motion to Immediately Transmit to Senate (#3)
2025-04-25 · 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: 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: no
- Morgan: other
- 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: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- 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: other
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: no
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#8)
2025-04-25 · pass · 27-21
Member-level votes (48)
- 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
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: no
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: no
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no

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