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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 474

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Relating to: state preemption of local employment regulations. (FE)

Employment Hours of labor Housing Ordinance Wage

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the state limits the power of local governments to enact laws on certain issues. This practice is called preemption. This bill repeals the preemptions of local governments from enacting or enforcing ordinances related to the following:

1. Regulations related to wage claims and collections.

2. Regulation of employee hours and overtime, including scheduling of employee work hours or shifts.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Haywood (D) , Hysell (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Phelps (D) , Roe (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Udell (D)

11 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Roys (D) , Sinicki (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)

Full history

  1. Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Haywood, Moore Omokunde, McCarville, Snodgrass, Brown, Roe, Miresse, DeSmidt, Stubbs, Arney, Udell, Clancy, Phelps, Joers, Andraca, Hysell and Johnson; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Pfaff, Carpenter, Roys, Larson, Wirch, Dassler-Alfheim, Spreitzer and Habush Sinykin

  2. Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment

  3. Oct 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Sinicki added as a coauthor

  5. Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1