---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating subminimum wage certificates for persons with disabilities."
description: "Eliminating subminimum wage certificates for persons with disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1706"
citation: "Washington HB 1706 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frame"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02c65d58-c697-4b41-ae8e-93f30bfbb738"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1706&year=2019"
source_hash: "29e30f39e3d978ef3127f887a449c0db74db30e5e2278948481faf64dcc5790b"
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 1706 (2019-2020) — Eliminating subminimum wage certificates for persons with disabilities.

## 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/1706.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1706.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **90–6** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#7) — **81–17** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frame — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 81; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-01** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Held on third reading.
- **2019-04-17** Returned to second reading.
- **2019-04-17** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 90; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 374, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-01T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-01T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02c65d58-c697-4b41-ae8e-93f30bfbb738`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).