---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the prevailing rate of wage based on collective bargaining agreements or other methods if collective bargaining agreements are not available."
description: "Establishing the prevailing rate of wage based on collective bargaining agreements or other methods if collective bargaining agreements are not available."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5493"
citation: "Washington SB 5493 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC WORKS", "COLLECTIVE BARGAINING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8372469f-75a1-4075-b257-c2d72b294e28"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5493&year=2017"
source_hash: "378c849ec6e856a7170ccb9ddddbab89bb0b8ca8b7c02768ad54b0e44d2d9ca5"
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 SB 5493 (2017-2018) — Establishing the prevailing rate of wage based on collective bargaining agreements or other methods if collective bargaining agreements are not available.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5493.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5493-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#22) — **53–45** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **32–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **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.
- **2018-01-08** Due to Senate committee reorganization, referred to Labor & Commerce.
- **2018-01-22** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-22** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-23** Chapter 248, 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/8372469f-75a1-4075-b257-c2d72b294e28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).