Concerning financial feasibility of collective bargaining agreements.

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SENATE BILL 5415

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senator Gildon

AN ACT Relating to financial feasibility of collective bargaining agreements; and amending RCW 41.56.028 , 41.56.029 , 41.56.473 , 41.56.500 , 41.56.510 , 41.56.515 , 41.59.105 , 41.80.010 , 47.64.170 , 74.39A.300 , and 74.39A.530 .

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 41.56.028 and 2007 c 278 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) In addition to the entities listed in RCW 41.56.020 , this chapter applies to the governor with respect to family child care providers. Solely for the purposes of collective bargaining and as expressly limited under subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the governor is the public employer of family child care providers who, solely for the purposes of collective bargaining, are public employees. The public employer shall be represented for bargaining purposes by the governor or the governor's designee appointed under chapter 41.80 RCW.

(2) This chapter governs the collective bargaining relationship between the governor and family child care providers, except as follows: