---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recognizing the thirty-first day of March as Cesar Chavez day."
description: "Recognizing the thirty-first day of March as Cesar Chavez day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1939"
citation: "Washington HB 1939 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FARMS AND FARMING", "AGRICULTURE", "MINORITIES", "HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES", "LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hudgins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2018-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c6af8df-a7a7-4eec-98cc-09328f4516dd"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1939&year=2017"
source_hash: "9c0e9a612d774ac838b7850b6d546918f013fedf386568a52e6da8d8fda6a83f"
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 1939 (2017-2018) — Recognizing the thirty-first day of March as Cesar Chavez day.

## 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/1939.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#14) — **71–25** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#10) — **73–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hudgins — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** SEIT - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **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.
- **2018-01-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
- **2018-01-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 73; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-22** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-31** Chapter 307, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-31** 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/5c6af8df-a7a7-4eec-98cc-09328f4516dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).