BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5852

SB 5852: Immigrant workers

Concerning immigrant worker protections.

Summary

Requires an employer to provide multilingual and timely notice to its workers when the employer is notified that a federal agency has scheduled an inspection of worker records and when inspection results are received.
Provides that notice of inspection results must include, among other things, a description of any deficiencies, correction timelines, and representation rights.
Prohibits employers from voluntarily consenting to a federal agency to access or obtain worker records without a subpoena or warrant.
Requires employers to display a poster created by the attorney general (AG) with information about workers' rights by October 1, 2026.
Authorizes the AG to investigate potential violations and initiate legal actions, with specified civil penalties.
Authorizes specified parties, such as workers and certain organizations, to initiate private causes of action in court.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to protecting immigrant workers;

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

Feb 2, 2026Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 5852)
Feb 2, 2026Referred to Ways & Means.
Jan 30, 2026LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5852)
Jan 30, 2026Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5852)
Jan 30, 2026And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 5852)
Jan 30, 2026And refer to Ways & Means.
Jan 30, 2026Minority; do not pass.
Jan 30, 2026LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 12, 2026First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
Dec 8, 2025Prefiled for introduction.

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

SB 5852 (2023–24) Special education safety net · Enacted · Chapter 127, Laws of 2024
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SB 5852 (2019–20) Unplatted tidelands, etc. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5852 (2017–18) Militia/immigration laws · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5852 (2015–16) Behavioral rehab services · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5852 (2013–14) Student achievement, outcome · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5852 (2011–12) TRS and PERS plan 1 · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5852 (2009–10) Health care assistants · Did not pass · died in committee