Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SSB 5101: Expanding access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes or bias incidents.
Signed into law: Chapter 375, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Valdez
- Introduced
- January 13, 2025
- Status
- C 375 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 1/1/2026. (May 20, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Expands the protections of the Domestic Violence Leave Act to employees who are, or whose family members, are victims of hate crimes.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 15, 202559 yea · 38 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 202540 yea · 8 nay · 1 not voting
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