---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the redetermination timeline regarding appeals to the department of labor and industries."
description: "Extending the redetermination timeline regarding appeals to the department of labor and industries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1629"
citation: "Washington HB 1629 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR", "LABOR AND INDUSTRIES", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sells"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44f3d6f0-fe6d-476a-bff0-a1c2c5f0e626"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1629&year=2017"
source_hash: "7881d821ba0b512174748ba2d57b17cd912a1f32e51d85171057c740b024e591"
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 1629 (2017-2018) — Extending the redetermination timeline regarding appeals to the department of labor and industries.

## 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/1629.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#31) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sells — primary (person)
- Manweller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-15** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading suspension calendar.
- **2017-02-27** Committee recommendations adopted.
- **2017-02-27** Placed on third reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** CLS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-13** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-14** Chapter 13, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-14** Effective date 1/1/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44f3d6f0-fe6d-476a-bff0-a1c2c5f0e626`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).