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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requiring prime contractors to bond the subcontractors portion of retainage upon request."
+description: "Requiring prime contractors to bond the subcontractors portion of retainage upon request."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1538"
+citation: "Washington HB 1538 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PUBLIC WORKS", "CONTRACTORS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stambaugh"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-23"
+last_action: "2017-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5f13b7d-5070-418d-a8ad-08a3c45b83b7"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1538&year=2017"
+source_hash: "784753c42c544e6cc1bcc8f0e947d618c6c8f5a150bb92f28f3378a7d621ac75"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 1538 (2017-2018) — Requiring prime contractors to bond the subcontractors portion of retainage upon request.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1538.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1538-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1538-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#40) — **82–15** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **34–15** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stambaugh — primary (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Pike — cosponsor (person)
+- Sells — cosponsor (person)
+- Vick — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-23** First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-10** CB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-10** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2017-02-15** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-10** CB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-10** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2017-02-15** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2017-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 82; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-09** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-09** CLS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2017-03-13** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-12** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
+- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-16** Chapter 302, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-05-16** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5f13b7d-5070-418d-a8ad-08a3c45b83b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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