---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring completion of an apprenticeship program to receive a journey level electrician certificate of competency."
description: "Requiring completion of an apprenticeship program to receive a journey level electrician certificate of competency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6126"
citation: "Washington SB 6126 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPRENTICES AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS", "ELECTRICIANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afab32b4-63a8-4e64-9992-9abfc81ba5af"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6126&year=2017"
source_hash: "e0f3e3573439ca779d1e2f654682767df995de118b5bb8d056fa0784a1789947"
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 6126 (2017-2018) — Requiring completion of an apprenticeship program to receive a journey level electrician certificate of competency.

## 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/6126.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6126-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#26) — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#37) — **62–36** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **44–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saldaña — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-15** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-18** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-25** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-15** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-18** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-25** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-01-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-29** 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 with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2018-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-23** Chapter 249, 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/afab32b4-63a8-4e64-9992-9abfc81ba5af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).