Employment laws and bills in Washington

Every bill in the Washington Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope
152bills in scope
Past committee
98past committee
Most recent action
30 March 2026most recent action

Employment laws enacted in Washington in 2026

The 25 most recent Employment bills enacted in Washington this year are below, the latest with a last action on 30 March 2026. They lead the list below.

Employment bills in Washington

57Enacted

41Past committee

54Introduced or inactive

152 bills in scope

Enacted

25 of 57 shown

HB 2105Concerning immigrant worker protections.EnactedHB 2411Modifying shared leave provisions to authorize shared leave for victims of a hate crime and those whose absence is due to immigration enforcement actions against the employee or the employee's relative.EnactedHB 2405Establishing a pilot program for posttraumatic stress disorder treatment and research.EnactedHB 1069Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits.EnactedHB 2091Requiring public employers under chapter 41.80 RCW to provide employee information to exclusive bargaining representatives.EnactedSB 5847Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation.EnactedSB 6058Adding discretion to wage enforcement actions.EnactedSB 6188Concerning the department of labor and industries' authority to enact rules related to regulating asbestos training.EnactedHB 1128Establishing a child care workforce standards board.EnactedHB 1155Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements.EnactedHB 2179Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan.)EnactedHB 2264Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for workers separated from employment as a result of employer-initiated layoffs or workforce reductions.EnactedHB 2471Concerning collective bargaining for employees not covered by the national labor relations act.EnactedSB 6134Concerning notice to striking workers applying for unemployment insurance benefits of potential overpayment assessment upon receipt of retroactive wages.EnactedHB 1570Concerning collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education.EnactedSB 5068Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for employment to all United States citizens or persons legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law.EnactedSB 5292Concerning paid family and medical leave rates.EnactedSB 5944Concerning language access providers' collective bargaining.EnactedSB 6106Modifying the securing timely notification and benefits for laid-off employees act. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning the laid-off employees act.)EnactedHB 2309Reducing barriers to state employment by eliminating postgraduate degree requirements that are unnecessary.EnactedHB 2479Concerning the recovery of unpaid wages.EnactedSB 5874Concerning employers' information reporting for purposes of unemployment compensation.EnactedHB 2303Prohibiting employers from microchipping employees.EnactedHB 2345Concerning contributions in the state paid family and medical leave program.EnactedHB 2355Establishing labor protections for domestic workers.Enacted

Showing the 25 furthest along of 152. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Washington Legislature's own page.

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What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

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