Labor: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026
Legislative staff filed 67 bills from the 2025-26 session under Labor. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and bills with a page of their own are linked.
- HB 1121 · Students, permitting 16- and 17-year olds to work same hours during school year if enrolled in certain programs
- HB 1128 · Child care, creating child care workforce standards board to establish minimum employment standards
- HB 1141 · Collective bargaining, public employment relations commission organization for employees of cannabis producers
- HB 1155 · Noncompetition covenants, prohibiting and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements
- HB 1181 · Paid leave, various kinds, adding requirements for employers
- HB 1213 · Family and medical leave, expanding worker protections
- HB 1264 · Collective bargaining, ferry employee salary calculations
- HB 1308 · Employee personnel files, requirements for employer disclosure
- HB 1313 · Employers, requirements including written notice for mass layoffs
- HB 1402 · Employers, restricting driver's license requirement
- HB 1445 · Employers, requiring health care expenditures as part of Washington health trust
- HB 1524 · Employee safety, altering certain requirements to apply only to isolated employees
- HB 1561 · Domestic workers, new chapter for wages and requirements
- HB 1570 · Higher education, collective bargaining for students enrolled at certain state institutions
- HB 1597 · Overtime, exempting agricultural workers for up to 50 hours for 12 weeks a year
- HB 1619 · Family and medical leave, clarifying status of certain dockworkers
- HB 1644 · Employers, minor work permits and violation penalties
- HB 1672 · Employers, restricting electronic monitoring of employees
- HB 1723 · School construction assistance program projects, requiring project labor agreements
- HB 1747 · Employers, restricting actions for applicants with criminal records
- HB 1764 · Employees, raising minimum wage and requiring paid leave
- HB 1779 · Overtime, exempting agricultural workers for up to 50 hours for 26 weeks a year
- HB 1875 · Paid sick leave, requiring allowance of use for participation in immigration proceedings
- HB 2107 · Notice requirements of identified hazards at construction worksites, expanding
- HB 2144 · Electronic monitoring for performance evaluation to require notification
- HB 2191 · Owner responsibility for unpaid contractor wages of employees
- HB 2303 · Microchip implantation in employees prohibited
- HB 2355 · Written agreements, pay requirements, and labor protections for domestic workers
- HB 2392 · Skilled and trained workforce required at certain facilities
- HB 2471 · Collective bargaining for employees not covered by existing statute, new chapter
- HB 2492 · Building or construction trade apprenticeships to provide behavioral health and wellness training
- HB 2524 · State security guards industry standards board established
- HB 2611 · 32-hour standard workweek
- HB 2695 · Mass layoff notification exemption for temporary agricultural workers
- HB 2728 · Civil actions restricted to certain persons regarding job postings
- SB 5023 · Domestic workers, new chapter for wages and requirements
- SB 5041 · Unemployment insurance, modifying for strikes and eliminating disqualification for lockouts
- SB 5062 · Child care, creating child care workforce standards board to establish minimum employment standards
- SB 5101 · Paid leave, extending domestic violence leave to include hate crimes
- SB 5104 · Immigrants, protecting workers from threats or coercion related to immigration status
- SB 5119 · Higher education, collective bargaining for students enrolled at certain state institutions
- SB 5191 · Family and medical leave, clarifying status of certain dockworkers
- SB 5233 · Employers, requiring health care expenditures as part of Washington health trust
- SB 5292 · Family and medical leave, modifying calculation of premium rate
- SB 5336 · Isolated employees, employer requirements including panic buttons and mandatory training
- SB 5339 · Minimum wage, tying further raises to federal raises
- SB 5345 · Employee personnel files, requirements for employer disclosure
- SB 5379 · Parks and recreation commission employees, granting interest arbitration rights to certain employees
- SB 5396 · Employees, application for federal aviation administration medical certificate
- SB 5437 · Noncompetition covenants, prohibiting and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements
- SB 5468 · Collective bargaining, public employment relations commission organization for employees of cannabis producers
- SB 5487 · Overtime, exempting agricultural workers for up to 50 hours for 12 weeks a year
- SB 5501 · Employers, driver's license requirements for applicants
- SB 5525 · Employers, restrictions and notification requirements for business closings and mass layoffs
- SB 5539 · Family and medical leave, expanding worker protections
- SB 5549 · Employers, restricting actions for applicants with criminal records
- SB 5572 · School construction assistance program projects, requiring project labor agreements
- SB 5578 · Employees, raising minimum wage and requiring paid leave
- SB 5756 · Employers, minor work permits and violation penalties
- SB 5869 · Notice requirements of identified hazards at construction worksites, expanding
- SB 6014 · Written certifications for certain pregnancy accommodations
- SB 6045 · Agricultural workers' rights and labor organizing
- SB 6053 · Written agreements, pay requirements, and labor protections for domestic workers
- SB 6068 · Owner responsibility for unpaid contractor wages of employees
- SB 6117 · Collective bargaining for employees not covered by existing statute, new chapter
- SB 6282 · Building or construction trade apprenticeships to provide behavioral health and wellness training
- SB 6302 · Improper classification as independent contractor
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.