Washington legislation · 2025-26 Regular Session
Washington HB1128: Child care workforce board
Status: Signed into law, March 23, 2026
Establishing a child care workforce standards board.
What the bill says
An act Relating to establishing a child care workforce standards board; and adding a new chapter to Title 49 RCW. NEW SECTION.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT Relating to establishing a child care workforce standards board; and adding a new chapter to Title 49 RCW. NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds and declares the (b) Low compensation and poor working conditions impair the health, efficiency, and well-being of persons employed to provide child care, constitute unfair competition against other employers and their employees, threaten the stability of the child care market, create economic instability for providers, and result in a provider workforce that must rely in public and private assistance to support their own families; (c) The fissured nature of child care workplaces exacerbates these conditions and create barriers preventing workers from being able to address these problems on their own; and (d) Employment under these conditions threatens the health and well-being of the people of Washington and injures the overall economy. (2) Therefore, it is the declared policy of the state that such working conditions for child care workers be eliminated as rapidly as practicable through establishment of a workforce standards board comprised of employer and worker representatives and state agency representatives to set minimum compensation and other employment standards. (3) To ensure the state's policy goals are achieved, it is essential that child care workers are informed of their rights at work and under this act; are encouraged and able to …
Sponsors
- Mary Fosse (D) · primary sponsor
- Monica Stonier (D)
- Liz Berry (D)
- Dan Bronoske (D)
- Lauren Davis (D)
- Jamila Taylor (D)
- Sharon Wylie (D)
- Greg Nance (D)
- Gerry Pollet (D)
- Timm Ormsby (D)
- Shaun Scott (D)
- Sharlett Mena (D)
Latest actions
- : Effective date 6/11/2026.
- : Chapter 148, 2026 Laws.
- : Governor signed.
- : Delivered to Governor.
- : President signed.
- : Speaker signed.
- : Passed final passage; yeas, 68; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 3.
- : House concurred in Senate amendments.
- : Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 2.
- : Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (March 9, 2026): 68 yea, 27 nay, passed
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (March 4, 2026): 28 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce: Do pass (February 23, 2026): 5 yea, 3 nay, passed
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (February 13, 2026): 63 yea, 29 nay, passed
- House Committee on Appropriations: The second substitute bill be substituted therefor and the second substitute bill do pass (February 9, 2026): 18 yea, 1 nay, passed
- House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards: The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass (February 7, 2025): 6 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: CHILD CARE, NAMED ACTS, LABOR
Common questions
- What is HB1128?
- HB1128 is a bill in the Washington Legislature (2025-26 Regular Session): Child care workforce board.
- What does HB1128 do?
- In its own words: An act Relating to establishing a child care workforce standards board; and adding a new chapter to Title 49 RCW. NEW SECTION.
- What is the status of HB1128?
- Signed into law as of March 23, 2026. Latest action: Effective date 6/11/2026. (March 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1128?
- Mary Fosse (D), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1128?
- On the Washington Legislature website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1128&Year=2025
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