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Bill

HB 1213

Biennium 2025-26 · House of origin

Paid family & medical leave

Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program.

Sponsors
Representative BerryPrimary
Representative AlvaradoSecondaryRepresentative DoglioSecondaryRepresentative FarivarSecondaryRepresentative FitzgibbonSecondaryRepresentative FosseSecondaryRepresentative HillSecondaryRepresentative LekanoffSecondaryRepresentative MacriSecondaryRepresentative MenaSecondaryRepresentative ObrasSecondaryRepresentative OrmsbySecondaryRepresentative PetersonSecondaryRepresentative PolletSecondaryRepresentative ReedSecondaryRepresentative RyuSecondaryRepresentative SalahuddinSecondaryRepresentative SimmonsSecondaryRepresentative StreetSecondaryRepresentative WylieSecondary

Official bill summary on app.leg.wa.gov →

Status

10 key events · 37 total

Current status: Effective date 1/1/2026.

  1. May 17, 2025
    Effective date 1/1/2026.
  2. May 17, 2025
    Chapter 304, 2025 Laws.
  3. May 17, 2025
    Governor signed.
  4. Apr 23, 2025
    Delivered to Governor.
  5. Apr 23, 2025
    President signed.
  6. Apr 22, 2025
    Speaker signed.
  7. Apr 15, 2025
    Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  8. Mar 13, 2025
    First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
  9. Mar 11, 2025
    Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 2.
  10. Jan 13, 2025
    First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.