---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing compliance with apprenticeship utilization requirements."
description: "Addressing compliance with apprenticeship utilization requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1849"
citation: "Washington HB 1849 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sells"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c752725-3bf5-4774-ae54-03c8ec176e07"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1849&year=2017"
source_hash: "e4540a0e9e66343007c973fc87971207a0a0b47f339e77c4e85b5c4a1dcf9358"
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 1849 (2017-2018) — Addressing compliance with apprenticeship utilization requirements.

## 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/1849.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1849.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#37) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#29) — **51–47** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **37–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sells — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Farrell — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** CB - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-23** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 51; nays, 47; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** First reading, referred to Transportation. `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.
- **2018-02-08** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2018-02-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; 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 244, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-23** Effective date 1/1/2020. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c752725-3bf5-4774-ae54-03c8ec176e07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).