---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning collective bargaining for administrative law judges."
description: "Concerning collective bargaining for administrative law judges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2017"
citation: "Washington HB 2017 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE", "COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS", "OFFICE", "JUDGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frame"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4d4c9b2-da3f-4b43-a081-218d55c12043"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2017&year=2019"
source_hash: "ab199887022f0be96027145d43bf259cafc3409e1f5201fd9e46d0ea628cca28"
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 2017 (2019-2020) — Concerning collective bargaining for administrative law judges.

## 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/2017.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2017-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **29–18** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#36) — **57–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frame — primary (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-30** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-30** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-25** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-28** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-19** Chapter 77, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-19** Effective date 3/19/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
- **2020-01-22T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2020-01-30T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-20T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2020-02-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-28T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4d4c9b2-da3f-4b43-a081-218d55c12043`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).