---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the time period for workers to recover wages under prevailing wage laws."
description: "Concerning the time period for workers to recover wages under prevailing wage laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1672"
citation: "Washington HB 1672 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC WORKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frame"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67484c97-0065-48de-ae27-d30f4f13093b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1672&year=2017"
source_hash: "cb61e7234a911d16a7811d57e7d9679d56838d470d029e8c5b00201ff9ae9796"
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 1672 (2017-2018) — Concerning the time period for workers to recover wages under prevailing wage laws.

## 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/1672.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **38–11** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#16) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#34) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frame — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Manweller — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** 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.
- **2017-02-16** 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`
- **2017-04-23** 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.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-23** Chapter 242, 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/67484c97-0065-48de-ae27-d30f4f13093b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).