---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying collective bargaining law to authorize providing additional compensation to academic employees at community and technical colleges."
description: "Modifying collective bargaining law to authorize providing additional compensation to academic employees at community and technical colleges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1237"
citation: "Washington HB 1237 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sells"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37437f32-0510-400c-a717-d013d157f066"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1237&year=2017"
source_hash: "0b8702e37b485c6ab9bb021b2395970631dbf99935f30c2b3f7e350992ff5c1f"
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 1237 (2017-2018) — Modifying collective bargaining law to authorize providing additional compensation to academic employees at community and technical colleges.

## 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/1237.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1237.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- Concur in Senate amendments (#18) — **55–43** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#38) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#49) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#17) — **65–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sells — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Farrell — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-22** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-16** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-27** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter 267, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-27** 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/37437f32-0510-400c-a717-d013d157f066`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).