HB 1779 — Authorizing agricultural employers to select 26 weeks a year to employ workers for up to 50 hours a week before overtime applies.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-03
AN ACT Relating to authorizing an agricultural employer to select any 26 weeks in a calendar year as special circumstance weeks for labor demand, during which in each of the selected 26 weeks, the agricultural employer may employ agricultural employees for up to 50 hours before the requirement to pay overtime applies under RCW 49.46.130;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Sponsors
- Dufault, Jeremie (R, WA-15) — sponsor · 2025-02-03
- Mendoza, Gloria (R, WA-14) — cosponsor · 2025-02-03
- Jacobsen, Cyndy (R, WA-25) — cosponsor · 2025-02-03
- Eslick, Carolyn (R, WA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-02-03
- Engell, Andrew (R, WA-7) — cosponsor · 2025-02-03
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
- · house — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-03 | Dufault, Jeremie | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-03 | Engell, Andrew | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-03 | Eslick, Carolyn | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-03 | Jacobsen, Cyndy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-03 | Mendoza, Gloria | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dufault, Jeremie (R, state_lower WA-15) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Engell, Andrew (R, state_lower WA-7) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Eslick, Carolyn (R, state_lower WA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Jacobsen, Cyndy (R, state_lower WA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Mendoza, Gloria (R, state_lower WA-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-02-03 · cosponsored by Engell, Andrew (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-03 · cosponsored by Jacobsen, Cyndy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-03 · cosponsored by Mendoza, Gloria (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-03 · cosponsored by Eslick, Carolyn (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-03 · sponsored by Dufault, Jeremie (sponsor) · sponsorship