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WashingtonSB 61342025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Concerning notice to striking workers applying for unemployment insurance benefits of potential overpayment assessment upon receipt of retroactive wages.

Sponsored By: Curtis King (Republican)

Became Law

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Striking workers: repay unemployment after retro pay

Beginning June 11, 2026, if you got unemployment during a strike and later get retro pay for those same weeks, you must repay those benefits. The department issues an overpayment assessment and recovers the matching amounts under its recovery rules. When you apply for strike-related unemployment, the department must tell you about this risk, online or by letter or another reasonable method. These notice and repayment rules end after December 31, 2035.

Unemployment rules must follow federal law

If any part of this law conflicts with federal rules tied to unemployment funding or employer tax credits, that part does not apply. State rules under this law must meet federal requirements so the state keeps federal funds and employer tax credits.

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Curtis King

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 142 • No: 0

House vote • 3/4/2026

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 94 • No: 0 • Other: 4

Senate vote • 2/13/2026

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 48 • No: 0 • Other: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective date 6/11/2026.

    3/23/2026Senate

  2. Chapter 161, 2026 Laws.

    3/23/2026Senate

  3. Governor signed.

    3/23/2026legislature

  4. Delivered to Governor.

    3/10/2026legislature

  5. Speaker signed.

    3/5/2026legislature

  6. President signed.

    3/5/2026legislature

  7. Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4.

    3/4/2026Senate

  8. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    3/4/2026Senate

  9. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    3/2/2026Senate

  10. LAWS - Executive action taken by committee.

    2/25/2026Senate

  11. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    2/25/2026Senate

  12. LAWS - Majority; do pass.

    2/25/2026Senate

  13. First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.

    2/17/2026Senate

  14. Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    2/13/2026Senate

  15. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    2/13/2026Senate

  16. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    2/6/2026Senate

  17. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

    2/3/2026Senate

  18. Minority; without recommendation.

    2/2/2026Senate

  19. LC - Majority; do pass.

    2/2/2026Senate

  20. First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

    1/14/2026Senate

  21. Introduced

    1/14/2026Senate

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