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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5101: Worker leave/hate crimes

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

SB 5101 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on December 23, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Expanding access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes or bias incidents. Primary sponsor: Javier Valdez (D). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 20, 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 access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 13

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Javier ValdezPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Noel FrameCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Drew HansenCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Bob HasegawaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Marko LiiasCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Tina OrwallCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate33
Jamie PedersenCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate43
Rebecca SaldañaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate37
Jesse SalomonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Derek StanfordCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate1
Lisa WellmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate41
Claire WilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30

“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 375, 2025 Laws.
  3. Effective date 1/1/2026.
  4. Delivered to Governor.
  5. President signed.
  6. Speaker signed.
  7. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  9. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
  10. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  11. LAWS - Majority; do pass.
  12. Minority; without recommendation.

Showing 12 most recent of 27 actions. Full history

Sources

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