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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

HB 1570: Academic employee bargaining

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 1570 is a bill introduced in the Washington House on January 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Concerning collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education. Primary sponsor: Joe Timmons (D). It lists 24 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 18, 2026): 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 collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 25

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joe TimmonsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse42
April BergCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Liz BerryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Julio CortesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse38
Beth DoglioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Mary FosseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse38
Roger GoodmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Mia GregersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse33
Nicole MacriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Sharlett MenaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Greg NanceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Edwin ObrasCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse33
Lisa ParshleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Strom PetersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Gerry PolletCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Alex RamelCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Julia ReedCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Kristine ReevesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Cindy RyuCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Osman SalahuddinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Shaun ScottCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Clyde ShaversCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Tarra SimmonsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Monica Jurado StonierCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse49
Jamila TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30

“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 113, 2026 Laws.
  3. Effective date 3/18/2026.
  4. President signed.
  5. Delivered to Governor.
  6. Speaker signed.
  7. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  9. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  10. WM - Majority; do pass.
  11. Minority; do not pass.
  12. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

Showing 12 most recent of 35 actions. Full history

Sources

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