Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 17 D cosponsors

SB 5044 — Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits.

Last action — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced December 13, 2024. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 38% · moderate confidence

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 17 sponsors

    1 primary, 16 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (17 D).

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  2. Referred to Ways & Means.

  3. Minority; without recommendation.

  4. Minority; do not pass.

  5. And refer to Ways & Means.

  6. LC - Majority; do pass.

  7. Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.

  8. Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.

  9. First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

  10. Prefiled for introduction.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 16 co-sponsors · 134 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (16)

Not signed on (134)

134 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 5044?
SB 5044 is sponsored by Lisa Wellman (Democrat), Tina Orwall (Democrat), Bob Hasegawa (Democrat), Noel Frame (Democrat), Annette Cleveland (Democrat), Liz Lovelett (Democrat), Mike Chapman (Democrat), Jessica Bateman (Democrat), Marko Liias (Democrat), Yasmin Trudeau (Democrat), Sharon Shewmake (Democrat), June Robinson (Democrat), Derek Stanford (Democrat), T'wina Nobles (Democrat), Rebecca Saldaña (Democrat), Bill Ramos (Democrat), and Javier Valdez (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 5044?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced December 13, 2024. It now moves to the second chamber.
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