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WA SB 5101

enacted

Expanding access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes or bias incidents.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did WA SB 5101 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5101 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-20): Effective date 1/1/2026.

What is WA SB 5101 about?

WA SB 5101 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Expanding access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes or bias incidents.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5101?

Valdez is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5101, joined by 12 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-20 — Effective date 1/1/2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Valdezprimary
  • Wellmancosponsor
  • Stanfordcosponsor
  • Salomoncosponsor
  • Saldañacosponsor
  • Pedersencosponsor
  • C. Wilsoncosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Liiascosponsor
  • Hasegawacosponsor
  • Framecosponsor
  • Hansencosponsor
  • Orwallcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-20

    Effective date 1/1/2026.

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-20

    Chapter 375, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2025-05-20

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-04-22

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-18

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  6. 2025-04-18

    President signed.

    passage

  7. 2025-04-15

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  8. 2025-04-15

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  9. 2025-04-14

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

    reading-2

  10. 2025-03-27

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  11. 2025-03-26

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  12. 2025-03-26

    LAWS - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-03-26

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.

  14. 2025-03-21

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

  15. 2025-03-04

    First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  16. 2025-02-28

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  17. 2025-02-28

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  18. 2025-02-28

    1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25).

    substitution

  19. 2025-02-26

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  20. 2025-02-21

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  21. 2025-02-20

    WM - Majority; without recommendation.

  22. 2025-02-20

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.

  23. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  24. 2025-01-31

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  25. 2025-01-31

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  26. 2025-01-31

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-01-31

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

    substitution

  28. 2025-01-31

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.

  29. 2025-01-21

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

  30. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  31. 2024-12-23

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15)

    2025-02-28 · pass · 40-8

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: other
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: yes
    • 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: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22)

    2025-04-15 · pass · 59-38

    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: 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: 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: yes
    • 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: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5101&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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