Employment Security Department: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026

Legislative staff filed 13 bills from the 2025-26 session under Employment Security Department. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and bills with a page of their own are linked.

• HB 1213 · Family and medical leave, creating grants for temporary worker replacement
• HB 1773 · Wage replacement program, creating with third-party administrator
• HB 2345 · Paid family and medical leave, commissioner's role and deductions
• HB 2485 · Family and medical leave supplemental benefit payments
• SB 5539 · Family and medical leave, requiring outreach to employers regarding responsibilities
• SB 5626 · Wage replacement program, creating with third-party administrator
• SB 5722 · Domestic agricultural workers, grant program for hiring
• SB 6127 · family and medical leave, paid, requiring program performance audit
• SB 6140 · Family and medical leave, paid, reducing benefits as necessary to protect account balance
• SB 6141 · Family and medical leave, paid, limiting annual adjustment
• SB 6142 · Family and medical leave, paid, reducing maximum duration
• SB 6143 · Family and medical leave, paid, claim period duration modified
• SB 6199 · Paid family and medical leave, deductions

All topics · All 2025-26 Washington State bills

Source: the Washington State Legislature’s Topical Index. OlympiaTrack is an independent bill-tracking service and is not affiliated with the Legislature.