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WA SB5435

WA SB5435
Reorganizing and adding subchapter headings to public employees' collective bargaining statutes.

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Introduced
01/22/2025
In Committee
03/25/2025
Crossed Over
02/12/2025
Passed
04/22/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/16/2025

Introduced Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Bill Summary

AN ACT Relating to reorganizing and adding subchapter headings to 2 public employees' collective bargaining statutes; adding new sections 3 to chapter 41.56; creating new sections; recodifying RCW 41.56.010, 4 41.56.030, 41.56.035, 41.56.037, 41.56.040, 41.56.090, 41.56.110, 5 41.56.113, 41.56.120, 41.56.140, 41.56.150, 41.56.160, 41.56.165, 6 41.56.210, 41.56.220, 41.56.230, 41.56.520, 41.56.914, 41.56.020, 7 41.56.025, 41.56.0251, 41.56.026, 41.56.027, 41.56.028, 41.56.029, 8 41.56.500, 41.56.510, 41.56.515, 41.56.050, 41.56.060, 41.56.070, 9 41.56.080, 41.56.095, 41.56.100, 41.56.122, 41.56.123, 41.56.125, 10 41.56.950, 41.56.021, 41.56.0215, 41.56.022, 41.56.024, 41.56.513, 11 41.56.203, 41.56.205, 41.56.430, 41.56.440, 41.56.450, 41.56.452, 12 41.56.465, 41.56.470, 41.56.473, 41.56.475, 41.56.480, 41.56.490, 13 41.56.492, 41.56.496, 41.56.516, 41.56.900, 41.56.905, 41.56.906, 14 41.56.907, and 41.56.913; and repealing RCW 41.56.130 and 41.56.915. 15

AI Summary

This bill reorganizes the existing public employees' collective bargaining statutes (Chapter 41.56 RCW) by creating seven distinct subchapters to improve the law's navigability and readability. The bill does not intend to make any substantive changes to the existing law, but rather aims to restructure the statutes into more logical groupings: General Provisions, Application and Scope of Bargaining, Representation Determinations, Negotiations and Arbitration, Institutions of Higher Education, Interest Arbitration, and Chapter Construction and Limitations. Additionally, the bill repeals two specific sections of the existing law (RCW 41.56.130 and RCW 41.56.915) and instructs the code reviser to update any cross-references to reflect the new organization of the statutes. The subchapter headings and captions are explicitly noted as not being considered part of the law itself, emphasizing that the reorganization is purely structural and does not alter the underlying legal provisions.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry, Labor and Employment

Sponsors (4)

Last Action

Effective date 7/27/2025. (on 05/16/2025)

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Document Type Source Location
State Bill Page https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5435&Year=2025&Initiative=false
Fiscal Note - 5435 SB (Final) https://fnspublic.ofm.wa.gov/FNSPublicSearch/GetPDF?packageID=71773
BillText https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5435.SL.pdf
BillText https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5435.PL.pdf
House Bill Report https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/House/5435%20HBR%20APH%2025.pdf
Final Bill Report https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/5435%20SBR%20FBR%2025.pdf
House Bill Report https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/House/5435%20HBR%20LAWS%2025.pdf
House Bill Analysis 2025 https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/House/5435%20HBA%20LAWS%2025.pdf
Senate Bill Report https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/5435%20SBR%20APS%2025.pdf
Senate Bill Report https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/5435%20SBR%20LC%20OC%2025.pdf
Senate Bill Report https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/5435%20SBR%20LC%20TA%2025.pdf
Senate Bill Report (Orig.) https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate/5435%20SBA%20LC%2025.pdf
BillText https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5435.pdf
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