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WA HB1128

WA HB1128
Establishing a child care workforce standards board.

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Introduced
01/13/2025
In Committee
02/23/2026
Crossed Over
02/13/2026
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

Potential new amendment
2025-2026 Regular Session

Bill Summary

AN ACT Relating to establishing a child care workforce standards 2 board; adding a new chapter to Title 49 RCW; and creating a new 3 section. 4

AI Summary

This bill establishes the Washington State Child Care Workforce Standards Board, a new entity tasked with improving employment standards for child care workers. The board will be composed of representatives from child care workers, employers, professional development programs, and parents, along with the secretaries of the Department of Children, Youth, and Families and the Department of Labor and Industries. The board's primary function is to investigate and recommend minimum compensation and other employment standards for child care workers, focusing initially on staffing, recruitment, retention, and staffing ratios, but also considering wages, working conditions, training, and the impact of systemic issues like racism. The board will gather data, hold public hearings, and make reports with findings and recommendations to the Director of the Department of Labor and Industries, with the goal of addressing current issues like lack of access, unaffordable prices, and poor outcomes for children and families due to low compensation and inadequate working conditions in the child care sector.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Business and Industry, Labor and Employment

Sponsors (43)

Mary Fosse (D)*,  Emily Alvarado (D),  April Berg (D),  Steve Bergquist (D),  Adam Bernbaum (D),  Liz Berry (D),  Dan Bronoske (D),  Lisa Callan (D),  Julio Cortes (D),  Lauren Davis (D),  Beth Doglio (D),  Darya Farivar (D),  Jake Fey (D),  Roger Goodman (D),  David Hackney (D),  Natasha Hill (D),  Shelley Kloba (D),  Debra Lekanoff (D),  Nicole Macri (D),  Sharlett Mena (D),  Melanie Morgan (D),  Greg Nance (D),  Edwin Obras (D),  Timm Ormsby (D),  Lillian Ortiz-Self (D),  Lisa Parshley (D),  Dave Paul (D),  Strom Peterson (D),  Gerry Pollet (D),  Alex Ramel (D),  Julia Reed (D),  Kristine Reeves (D),  Alicia Rule (D),  Cindy Ryu (D),  Osman Salahuddin (D),  Shaun Scott (D),  Clyde Shavers (D),  Tarra Simmons (D),  Chris Stearns (D),  Monica Stonier (D),  Jamila Taylor (D),  Joe Timmons (D),  Sharon Wylie (D), 

Last Action

Senate Floor Amendment - Saldaña 1128-S2 AMS SALD S5771.2 (on 03/04/2026)
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Document Type Source Location
State Bill Page https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1128&Year=2025&Initiative=false
Saldaña 1128-S2 AMS SALD S5771.2 https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Amendments/Senate/1128-S2%20AMS%20SALD%20S5771.2.pdf
Second substitute Senate bill report https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/1128-S2%20SBR%20LC%20OC%2026.pdf
Fiscal Note - 1128 2SHB (Final) https://fnspublic.ofm.wa.gov/FNSPublicSearch/GetPDF?packageID=77100
Second substitute Senate bill report https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/1128-S2%20SBR%20LC%20TA%2026.pdf
Second substitute Senate bill report (orig.) https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/1128-S2%20SBA%20LC%2026.pdf
Fiscal Note - 1128 2SHB (Partial) https://fnspublic.ofm.wa.gov/FNSPublicSearch/GetPDF?packageID=76906
Second substitute House bill report https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/House/1128-S2%20HBR%20APH%2026.pdf
BillText https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1128-S2.pdf
House bill report https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/House/1128%20HBR%20APP%2026.pdf
Fiscal Note - 1128 SHB (Final) https://fnspublic.ofm.wa.gov/FNSPublicSearch/GetPDF?packageID=73067
Fiscal Note - 1128 HB (Final) https://fnspublic.ofm.wa.gov/FNSPublicSearch/GetPDF?packageID=71851
BillText https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1128-S.pdf
House Bill Report https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/House/1128%20HBR%20LAWS%2025.pdf
House Bill Analysis 2025 https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/House/1128%20HBA%20LAWS%2025.pdf
BillText https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1128.pdf
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