The Senate Labor & Commerce Committee considered a wide set of labor and employment bills in executive session and by voice vote on Oct. 12. Committee officers repeatedly used voice votes to adopt or reject amendments and to advance bills; the transcript records motions to send bills to rules or to the next committee and announcements that bills "have passed subject to signatures." No roll‑call tallies with named votes were recorded in the provided transcript.

Bills and committee actions recorded in the transcript include:

- Engrossed House Bill 11 73: Committee staff described amendments; an adopted technical amendment was rolled into a striking amendment and the committee moved a due‑pass recommendation to the Rules Committee. The chair announced the bill "has passed subject to signatures." (Action: advanced to Rules)

- Engrossed Substitute House Bill 16 44 (student learners/minor employment): Multiple amendments were considered; several were rejected and some technical amendments were adopted. The committee moved a due‑pass recommendation to the Rules Committee for the bill as amended.

- Substitute House Bill 11 21 (restrictions on 16‑ and 17‑year‑old working hours for CTE participants): The committee moved and approved a due‑pass recommendation to Rules. Staff noted an indeterminate fiscal impact in the department’s analysis.

- Substitute House Bill 13 08 (personnel records): The committee considered amendments that would remove a private right of action and make the Department of Labor & Industries the enforcement authority under a stepped approach; after debate the committee moved a due‑pass recommendation to Rules.

- Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 12 13 (paid family & medical leave changes): The committee considered multiple amendments (hours thresholds, eligibility periods, grants for small employers). After amendment debate the committee rolled amendments into a striking amendment and moved the bill with a due‑pass recommendation to Ways & Means; staff provided preliminary fiscal estimates indicating increased premium collections and administrative costs in later years.

- Engrossed House Bill 17 47 (Washington Fair Chance Act amendments): The committee considered amendments including employer documentation requirements and an exception for certain federally insured depository institutions. After debate the bill received a due‑pass recommendation to Rules.

- House Bill 10 69 (bargaining over contributions to supplemental retirement/medical plans): Committee considered a staff amendment making employee contributions voluntary and clarifying the state's role; after amendment votes the committee adopted a striking amendment and moved the bill to Ways & Means with a due‑pass recommendation.

Notes on voting and procedure

- Most actions recorded in the transcript were voice votes; the proceedings show "all in favor say aye" followed by an announcement of passage or rejection. The transcript did not record roll‑call tallies or member‑level votes for these committee actions.

- Several amendments were explicitly adopted and incorporated into striking amendments; others were rejected by voice vote after debate. In multiple instances sponsors and committee staff said they expected to bring items back or to continue caucusing before final floor action.

What this means

The committee advanced a package of labor and employment bills to Rules and Ways & Means for further consideration. Because the transcript records voice votes without roll calls, the committee-level outcomes recorded here indicate committee approval to move bills forward but do not show individual senator votes or final floor action.