Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 10 D cosponsors

SB 5336 — Concerning protections for isolated employees.

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

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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 17, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

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

Prognosis

Advancing 38% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

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  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (10 D).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

26 added · 31 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill SB 5336 includes a clarification on how the department handles violations, emphasizing the department's responsibility to issue either a citation or a closure letter after identifying a violation. Additionally, the bill defines terms like "repeat willful violator" and "willful," providing clearer guidelines on enforcement actions against employers. These changes are important because they aim to strengthen accountability and ensure that violations of employee rights are addressed more effectively.

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S-1233.2 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5336 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senate Labor & Commerce (originally sponsored by Senators Orwall, Saldaña, Frame, Hasegawa, Lovick, Nobles, Stanford, Trudeau, Valdez, and C.
S-0610.1 SENATE BILL 5336 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senators Orwall, Saldaña, Frame, Hasegawa, Lovick, Nobles, Stanford, Trudeau, Valdez, and C.
Wilson) READ FIRST TIME 02/10/25.
Wilson Read first time 01/17/25.
Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.
prescribing penalties;
and prescribing penalties.
and providing an effective date.
1 SSB 5336 (c) Provide a list of resources for the employer's isolated employees to utilize.
1 SB 5336 (c) Provide a list of resources for the employer's isolated employees to utilize.
Records must be provided to the department upon request.
Records must be provided to the departments upon request.
2 SSB 5336 (a) Spends a majority of ((her or his)) the individual's working hours alone, or whose primary work responsibility involves working without another coworker present((,));
2 SB 5336 (a) Spends a majority of ((her or his)) the individual's working hours alone, or whose primary work responsibility involves working without another coworker present((,));
(a) The department must investigate violations and issue either a citation assessing a civil penalty or a closure letter after the date p.
(a) The department must investigate violations and issue either a citation assessing a civil penalty or a closure letter after the p.
3 SSB 5336 on which the department determined the violation, unless the violation is otherwise resolved.
3 SB 5336 date on which the department determined the violation, unless the violation is otherwise resolved.
(4) Collection of unpaid citations assessing civil penalties by the department under this section must be made pursuant to RCW 49.48.086.
(4) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(5) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
4 SSB 5336 (6) The department may adopt and implement rules to carry out and enforce provisions of RCW 49.60.515 and this section.
4 SB 5336 (5) The department may adopt and implement rules to carry out and enforce provisions of RCW 49.60.515 and this section.
NEW SECTION.
Sec.
3.
This act takes effect July 1, 2026.
5 SSB 5336
5 SB 5336
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Action History

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

  2. Senate Rules "X" file.

  3. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  4. Minority; without recommendation.

  5. Minority; do not pass.

  6. LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, 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 10:30 AM.

  9. First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 141 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (141)

141 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 5336?
SB 5336 is sponsored by Claire Wilson (Democrat), Yasmin Trudeau (Democrat), Derek Stanford (Democrat), T'wina Nobles (Democrat), John Lovick (Democrat), Bob Hasegawa (Democrat), Noel Frame (Democrat), Rebecca Saldaña (Democrat), Tina Orwall (Democrat), and Javier Valdez (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 5336?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 17, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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