BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6053

SB 6053: Domestic workers

Establishing labor protections for domestic workers.

Summary

Establishes labor protections for domestic workers, including any employee or independent contractor working in a private residence for four or more hours in any month.
Requires hiring entities to pay minimum wage and overtime, provide a written agreement, and provide minimum notices for termination of services or provide severance pay.
Prohibits certain actions by hiring entities.
Provides remedies through administrative action and a private cause of action.
Allows a domestic worker to bring a private cause of action under the Washington Law Against Discrimination in some instances, including when a hiring entity discriminates against the worker in compensation or termination on the basis of the worker being a member of a protected class.

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

AN ACT Relating to establishing labor protections for domestic workers;

No recorded floor votes.

Feb 26, 2026Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 6053)
Feb 26, 2026Senate Rules "X" file.
Feb 3, 2026Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 6053)
Feb 3, 2026Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 2, 2026LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6053)
Feb 2, 2026Minority; do not pass. (SSB 6053)
Feb 2, 2026Minority; do not pass.
Feb 2, 2026LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 12, 2026First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
Jan 9, 2026Prefiled for introduction.

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

SB 6053 (2023–24) Education data sharing · Enacted · Chapter 324, Laws of 2024
SB 6053 (2019–20) Wage liens · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6053 (2017–18) Medicaid false claim penalty · Enacted · Chapter 63, Laws of 2018
SB 6053 (2015–16) Human services T.O. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6053 (2013–14) Union representation fees · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6053 (2011–12) English as official language · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6053 (2009–10) Personal hygiene products · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6053 (2007–08) Dept of fish and wildlife · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House