---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning wage and salary information."
description: "Concerning wage and salary information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1696"
citation: "Washington HB 1696 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WAGES AND HOURS", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dolan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/add230a0-aa14-462d-ad16-305d35c06fc9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1696&year=2019"
source_hash: "c4113e63a85c22a70f24171e503f00bfaf6b84a434f99125a543de5c94140d2c"
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 1696 (2019-2020) — Concerning wage and salary information.

## 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/1696.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1696-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1696-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **28–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#3) — **56–40** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — **37–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dolan — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-12** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-09** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-24** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2019-04-24** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2019-04-24** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-25** Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 345, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-12T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-25T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/add230a0-aa14-462d-ad16-305d35c06fc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).