Establishing labor protections for domestic workers.

 S-4580.1

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6053

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Senate Labor & Commerce (originally sponsored by Senators Saldaña, Trudeau, Alvarado, Frame, Hasegawa, Lovelett, Nobles, Orwall, Pedersen, Stanford, Valdez, and C. Wilson)

READ FIRST TIME 02/03/26.

AN ACT Relating to establishing labor protections for domestic workers; amending RCW 49.60.230 ; reenacting and amending RCW 49.46.010 ; adding a new section to chapter 49.60 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 49 RCW; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(1) "Casual labor" means work that is irregular, uncertain, and incidental in nature and duration, and is different in nature from the type of paid work in which the worker is customarily engaged in.