---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring employers to provide exclusive bargaining representatives reasonable access to new employees for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative."
description: "Requiring employers to provide exclusive bargaining representatives reasonable access to new employees for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6229"
citation: "Washington SB 6229 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Van De Wege"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbb83907-1d86-4723-8776-c32e30692de3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6229&year=2017"
source_hash: "cfbeeae0c5f5fbc43ff24011594d15bf6e64321743e38ac316b989beeebcc671"
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 6229 (2017-2018) — Requiring employers to provide exclusive bargaining representatives reasonable access to new employees for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative.

## 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/6229.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6229.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#30) — **58–40** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#51) — **27–20** (pass) · upper
- 479 Angel Pg 2 Ln 8 (#50) — **22–25** (fail) · upper
- 404 Baumgartner Pg 2 Ln 8 (#49) — **22–25** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Van De Wege — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-30** On motion, referred to Rules.
- **2018-02-02** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-22** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** 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 250, 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/fbb83907-1d86-4723-8776-c32e30692de3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).