---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring for a skilled and trained workforce in high hazard facilities."
description: "Ensuring for a skilled and trained workforce in high hazard facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1817"
citation: "Washington HB 1817 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OIL AND GAS", "WORKER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE NEEDS", "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS", "APPRENTICES AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sells"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b57bcbbb-558d-4dfe-96aa-3f9edf801690"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1817&year=2019"
source_hash: "8106d68b3f8d3575a12f6ddb668be966e0d9f11fcfc96afda10af08108e48257"
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 1817 (2019-2020) — Ensuring for a skilled and trained workforce in high hazard facilities.

## 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/1817.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1817-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1817-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#43) — **29–16** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#1) — **64–32** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#43) — **58–36** (pass) · lower
- 571 Ericksen Pg 1 Ln 26 (#42) — **20–24** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sells — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Workplace Standards.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-19** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Workplace Standards.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** 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.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter 306, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 1/1/2020. `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
- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+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
- **2019-03-21T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 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/b57bcbbb-558d-4dfe-96aa-3f9edf801690`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).