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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

HB 1213: Paid family & medical leave

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1213 is a bill introduced in the Washington House on January 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program. Primary sponsor: Liz Berry (D). It lists 19 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 17, 2025): Governor signed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 20

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Liz BerryPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Emily AlvaradoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34
Beth DoglioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Darya FarivarCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Joe FitzgibbonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34
Mary FosseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse38
Natasha HillCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3
Debra LekanoffCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Nicole MacriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Sharlett MenaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Edwin ObrasCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse33
Timm OrmsbyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3
Strom PetersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Gerry PolletCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Julia ReedCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Cindy RyuCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Osman SalahuddinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Tarra SimmonsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Chipalo StreetCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse37
Sharon WylieCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse49

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor signed.
  2. Chapter 304, 2025 Laws.
  3. Effective date 1/1/2026.
  4. Delivered to Governor.
  5. President signed.
  6. Speaker signed.
  7. House concurred in Senate amendments.
  8. Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 3.
  9. Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
  10. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  11. Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  12. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

Showing 12 most recent of 37 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page