BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

HB 2611: 32 hour workweek

Reducing the standard workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours.

Summary

Requires employers to pay employees overtime for any hours worked in excess of 32 hours in a seven-day workweek.
Requires employers to provide employees paid sick leave at a rate of one hour per 32 hours worked.

From the House Bill Analysis 2026 (HB 2611), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to reducing the standard workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours;

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 2611 (2019–20) Bioeconomy · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2611 (2017–18) Peer support grp counselors · Enacted · Chapter 165, Laws of 2018
HB 2611 (2015–16) Ag. vehicle weight limits · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2611 (2013–14) Patients w/devel disability · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2611 (2011–12) B & O tax preferences · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2611 (2009–10) Annexation to fire district · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2611 (2007–08) Annual property revaluations · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2611 (2005–06) Pesticide application · Did not pass · died in committee