WA SB 5041

enacted

Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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

Committees

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Action timeline

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

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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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