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

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5101 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5101 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-20. 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: —
Latest action: 2025-05-20 — Effective date 1/1/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-12-23
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.
2025-01-31
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
2025-01-31
LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-01-31
And refer to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-01-31
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-01-31
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-03
Referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-02-20
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-20
WM - Majority; without recommendation.
2025-02-21
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-02-26
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-02-28
1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25).
substitution
2025-02-28
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-02-28
Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-03-04
First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-21
Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-26
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
2025-03-26
LAWS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-26
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-27
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-04-14
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-04-15
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-15
Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-04-18
President signed.
passage
2025-04-18
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-22
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-05-20
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-05-20
Chapter 375, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-05-20
Effective date 1/1/2026.
became-law

Versions

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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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

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

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