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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning wastewater operator certifications."
+description: "Concerning wastewater operator certifications."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2298"
+citation: "Washington HB 2298 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["WATER POLLUTION", "ECOLOGY", "DEPARTMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Haler"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-12-18"
+last_action: "2018-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3543e2ae-b3cd-4fb5-8b0e-75e1c7ea15f4"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2298&year=2017"
+source_hash: "e7cf7cb2ee985bb8a51f1e738ac6f539c843abb220a3d8c4496e6df6deb4fb60"
+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 2298 (2017-2018) — Concerning wastewater operator certifications.
+
+## 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/2298.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2298-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **33–16** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#6) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Haler — primary (person)
+- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
+- Fey — cosponsor (person)
+- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
+- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
+- McBride — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-12-18** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-18** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-01-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-01-18** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-01-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-05** First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Technology. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-22** EENT - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-22** Chapter 213, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2018-03-22** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3543e2ae-b3cd-4fb5-8b0e-75e1c7ea15f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+