SHB 2355: Establishing labor protections for domestic workers.

What this bill does

Establishes labor protections for domestic workers, including any employee or independent contractor working in a private residence for four or more hours a month as a nanny, child care provider, home care worker, personal care provider, housekeeper or cleaner, cook, gardener, or household manager, subject to certain exceptions. Allows a domestic worker to seek remedies for violations of the labor protections by filing an administrative complaint with the Department of Labor and Industries and/or by bringing a private cause of action. Extends Minimum Wage Act standards and protections to certain domestic workers who were previously exempt because they slept or resided at their place of employment. Allows a domestic worker to bring a private cause of action under the Washington Law Against Discrimination when a hiring entity discriminates against the worker in compensation or termination on the basis of the worker being a member of a protected class.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 2026
  57 yea · 39 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 26, 2026
  28 yea · 20 nay · 1 not voting

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