---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing the expansion of counties qualifying for the farm internship program, including certain southwest Washington counties. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Allowing the expansion of counties qualifying for the farm internship program. )"
description: "Allowing the expansion of counties qualifying for the farm internship program, including certain southwest Washington counties. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Allowing the expansion of counties qualifying for the farm internship program. )"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1906"
citation: "Washington HB 1906 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "LABOR", "FARMS AND FARMING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orcutt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b54ce709-ce92-4826-8726-e3c98dafb3fe"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1906&year=2017"
source_hash: "fe66fd940fe98fa847e38a43170df863fb5b8dc9d7475b9482db9943a1b33244"
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 1906 (2017-2018) — Allowing the expansion of counties qualifying for the farm internship program, including certain southwest Washington counties. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Allowing the expansion of counties qualifying for the farm internship program. )

## 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/1906.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#25) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orcutt — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Pike — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** CLS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-31** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Chapter 150, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-27** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b54ce709-ce92-4826-8726-e3c98dafb3fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).