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WA SB5468

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Derek Stanford

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Grants collective bargaining rights to agricultural workers engaged in cultivating, growing, harvesting, or producing cannabis at licensed cannabis producer or processor facilities in Washington State

  • Places these cannabis agricultural workers under the jurisdiction of the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) for union representation elections, certification, and unfair labor practice complaints

  • Allows union certification through traditional secret ballot elections (requiring 30% showing of interest) or through a cross-check process comparing authorization cards against employer records (requiring 50%+ support)

  • Requires employers to provide employee contact information (names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, job titles, pay rates) to certified bargaining representatives within 21 business days of hire and every 120 business days thereafter

  • Establishes unfair labor practice protections prohibiting employers from interfering with organizing rights, refusing to bargain, or retaliating against employees who file complaints, with remedies including cease and desist orders, damages, and reinstatement

Legislative Description

Concerning collective bargaining for agricultural cannabis workers.

Last Action

By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

1/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Labor & Commerce1/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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