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WA SB 5104

enacted

Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5104 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5104 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-12. Latest recorded action (2025-05-12): Effective date 7/1/2025.

What is WA SB 5104 about?

WA SB 5104 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5104?

Hasegawa is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5104, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-12 — Effective date 7/1/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Hasegawaprimary
  • Wellmancosponsor
  • Valdezcosponsor
  • Stanfordcosponsor
  • C. Wilsoncosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Conwaycosponsor
  • Batemancosponsor
  • Saldañacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-23

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-20

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

  4. 2025-01-31

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

  5. 2025-01-31

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

    substitution

  6. 2025-01-31

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-01-31

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  8. 2025-02-03

    On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.

    referral-committee

  9. 2025-02-05

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  10. 2025-02-12

    1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25).

    substitution

  11. 2025-02-12

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  12. 2025-02-12

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  13. 2025-02-17

    First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  14. 2025-03-14

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

  15. 2025-03-21

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.

  16. 2025-03-21

    LAWS - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2025-03-21

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  18. 2025-03-21

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  19. 2025-03-25

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  20. 2025-04-03

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.

  21. 2025-04-05

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  22. 2025-04-05

    APP - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2025-04-05

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  24. 2025-04-05

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  25. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-04-10

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

    reading-2

  27. 2025-04-14

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  28. 2025-04-14

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

    reading-3

  29. 2025-04-18

    President signed.

    passage

  30. 2025-04-18

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  31. 2025-04-22

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  32. 2025-05-12

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  33. 2025-05-12

    Chapter 236, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  34. 2025-05-12

    Effective date 7/1/2025.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20)

    2025-02-12 · pass · 40-9

    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: no
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • 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: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24)

    2025-04-14 · 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=5104&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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