---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning port district worker development and occupational training programs."
description: "Concerning port district worker development and occupational training programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1568"
citation: "Washington HB 1568 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WORKER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE NEEDS", "PORT DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fb8af5a-ce3d-4396-b893-4eb9de5b57aa"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1568&year=2019"
source_hash: "8b7f45d308c809ec508df0777ad17deb1c06dca105f62b56f39152cbf9c26969"
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 1568 (2019-2020) — Concerning port district worker development and occupational training programs.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1568.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#7) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chapman — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Innovation, Technology & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** ITED - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Chapter 117, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-24** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-14T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fb8af5a-ce3d-4396-b893-4eb9de5b57aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).