BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

HB 1764: Labor standards

Concerning labor standards.

Summary

Makes annual incremental increases to the minimum hourly wage rate, from $17.50 in 2026 to $25 in 2031.
Requires employers to provide each employee with at least 2.3 hours of paid vacation leave for every 40 hours worked.
Requires employers to provide each employee with at least five days of paid bereavement leave per calendar year.
Allows the Department of Labor and Industries to issue a stop work order until an employer has paid the amounts owed to employees.

From the House Bill Analysis 2025 (HB 1764), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to strengthening Washington's labor standards;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 1764 (2023–24) Asphalt & agg. valuation · Enacted · Chapter 307, Laws of 2023
HB 1764 (2021–22) Physician bargaining · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1764 (2019–20) Found property · Enacted · Chapter 30, Laws of 2019
HB 1764 (2017–18) Property tax revenue limit · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1764 (2015–16) Composite manufacturing, etc · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1764 (2013–14) Geoduck diver licenses · Enacted · Chapter 204, Laws of 2013
HB 1764 (2011–12) Improving government · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1764 (2009–10) Property tax relief · Did not pass · died in committee