2SHB 1128: Establishing a child care workforce standards board.

What this bill does

Establishes the Washington State Childcare Workforce Standards Board (Board). Requires the Board to adopt minimum standards for compensation and other employment conditions of child care workers. Makes it unlawful for a child care employer to employ a child care worker for lower wages than those required by the Board or for violating other employment standards adopted by the Board.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 13, 2026
  63 yea · 29 nay · 6 not voting
• House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 9, 2026
  68 yea · 27 nay · 3 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 4, 2026
  28 yea · 19 nay · 2 not voting

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