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WA SB 5525

enacted

Concerning employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5525 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5525 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-13. Latest recorded action (2025-05-13): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA SB 5525 about?

WA SB 5525 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5525?

Cleveland is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5525, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-13 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Clevelandprimary
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Conwaycosponsor
  • Dhingracosponsor
  • Valdezcosponsor
  • Hasegawacosponsor
  • Saldañacosponsor
  • Riccellicosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-27

    First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

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  2. 2025-02-03

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

  3. 2025-02-14

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

  4. 2025-02-14

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

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  5. 2025-02-14

    Minority; do not pass.

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  6. 2025-02-18

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  7. 2025-02-26

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  8. 2025-03-04

    1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25).

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  9. 2025-03-04

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  10. 2025-03-04

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  11. 2025-03-04

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.

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  12. 2025-03-06

    First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.

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  13. 2025-03-25

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

  14. 2025-03-28

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

  15. 2025-03-28

    LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

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  16. 2025-03-28

    Minority; do not pass.

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  17. 2025-04-01

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

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  18. 2025-04-08

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

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  19. 2025-04-09

    Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.

  20. 2025-04-09

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  21. 2025-04-09

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

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  22. 2025-04-22

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  23. 2025-04-22

    Passed final passage; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.

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  24. 2025-04-25

    President signed.

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  25. 2025-04-26

    Speaker signed.

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  26. 2025-04-27

    Delivered to Governor.

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  27. 2025-05-13

    Governor signed.

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  28. 2025-05-13

    Chapter 277, 2025 Laws.

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  29. 2025-05-13

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5)

    2025-03-04 · pass · 30-19

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • 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: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14)

    2025-04-09 · pass · 59-38

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: other
    • 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: 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

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12)

    2025-04-22 · pass · 29-19

    Member-level votes (48)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • 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: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

Related bills

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5525&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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