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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning port district worker development and occupational training programs."
+description: "Concerning port district worker development and occupational training programs."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 1568"
+citation: "Washington HB 1568 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["WORKER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE NEEDS", "PORT DISTRICTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-24"
+last_action: "2019-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fb8af5a-ce3d-4396-b893-4eb9de5b57aa"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1568&year=2019"
+source_hash: "8b7f45d308c809ec508df0777ad17deb1c06dca105f62b56f39152cbf9c26969"
+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 1568 (2019-2020) — Concerning port district worker development and occupational training programs.
+
+## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1568.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#7) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chapman — primary (person)
+- Blake — cosponsor (person)
+- Dent — cosponsor (person)
+- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Innovation, Technology & Economic Development. `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-06** ITED - Majority; do pass.
+- **2019-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2019-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-05** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-26** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
+- **2019-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2019-04-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-24** Chapter 117, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2019-04-24** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
+- **2019-02-05T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development at 10:00 AM
+- **2019-02-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development at 08:00 AM
+- **2019-03-14T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
+- **2019-03-26T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fb8af5a-ce3d-4396-b893-4eb9de5b57aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+