---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing the methodology for establishing the prevailing rate of wages for the construction of affordable housing, homeless and domestic violence shelters, and low-income weatherization and home rehabilitation public works."
description: "Addressing the methodology for establishing the prevailing rate of wages for the construction of affordable housing, homeless and domestic violence shelters, and low-income weatherization and home rehabilitation public works."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1743"
citation: "Washington HB 1743 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "LOW-INCOME PERSONS", "PUBLIC WORKS", "HOMELESS PERSONS", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ormsby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/978b11ec-02c8-405b-9eca-0895b5cbcd02"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1743&year=2019"
source_hash: "5bbdaf635453c6457c6d5979a3c196b81ed77a602e8f0644bf30bd5cb64a992c"
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 1743 (2019-2020) — Addressing the methodology for establishing the prevailing rate of wages for the construction of affordable housing, homeless and domestic violence shelters, and low-income weatherization and home rehabilitation public works.

## 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/1743.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#9) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ormsby — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-12** 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, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-03-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-04** Placed on third reading.
- **2019-04-04** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter 29, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** Effective date 4/17/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-14T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-18T14:00:00+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/978b11ec-02c8-405b-9eca-0895b5cbcd02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).