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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requiring employers to provide exclusive bargaining representatives reasonable access to new employees for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative."
+description: "Requiring employers to provide exclusive bargaining representatives reasonable access to new employees for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 6229"
+citation: "Washington SB 6229 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Van De Wege"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-01-10"
+last_action: "2018-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbb83907-1d86-4723-8776-c32e30692de3"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6229&year=2017"
+source_hash: "cfbeeae0c5f5fbc43ff24011594d15bf6e64321743e38ac316b989beeebcc671"
+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 SB 6229 (2017-2018) — Requiring employers to provide exclusive bargaining representatives reasonable access to new employees for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative.
+
+## 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/Senate%20Bills/6229.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6229.E.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#30) — **58–40** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#51) — **27–20** (pass) · upper
+- 479 Angel Pg 2 Ln 8 (#50) — **22–25** (fail) · upper
+- 404 Baumgartner Pg 2 Ln 8 (#49) — **22–25** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Van De Wege — primary (person)
+- Chase — cosponsor (person)
+- Conway — cosponsor (person)
+- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
+- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
+- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-29** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-01-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-29** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-01-30** On motion, referred to Rules.
+- **2018-02-02** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
+- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-20** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-22** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-03** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-23** Chapter 250, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2018-03-23** 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/fbb83907-1d86-4723-8776-c32e30692de3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+