---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a workforce education investment to train Washington students for Washington jobs."
description: "Creating a workforce education investment to train Washington students for Washington jobs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2158"
citation: "Washington HB 2158 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "WORKER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE NEEDS", "FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT", "OFFICE", "LEGISLATURE", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT", "STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COUNCIL", "CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "TAXES - BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "CHILD CARE", "CASELOAD FORECAST COUNCIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 21
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fa45fe7-8229-426c-86f1-1fdd40fc484b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2158&year=2019"
source_hash: "b3e68ab0c29f2a424e6b99f4e93248f08d18a890048e75b7c5278efb02e6f22d"
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 2158 (2019-2020) — Creating a workforce education investment to train Washington students for Washington jobs.

## 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/2158.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2158-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2158-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2158-S.htm)

## Votes

- 858 Van Werven Pg 5 Ln 4 (#6) — **40–57** (fail) · lower
- 865 Stokesbary Pg 95 Ln 2 (#17) — **40–57** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **52–46** (pass) · lower
- 850 Young Pg 94 Ln 31 (#16) — **40–57** (fail) · lower
- 862 Chambers Pg 89 Ln 39 (#12) — **42–55** (fail) · lower
- 834 Stokesbary Pg 84 Ln 1 (#10) — **40–57** (fail) · lower
- 842 Carlyle Pg 83 Ln 34 (#3) — **24–24** (fail) · upper
- 847 Rivers Pg 85 Ln 17 (#4) — **20–27** (fail) · upper
- 854 Schmick Pg 94 Ln 28 (#13) — **40–57** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **25–22** (pass) · upper
- 851 Young Pg 15 Ln 3 (#7) — **40–57** (fail) · lower
- 835 Young Pg 94 Ln 31 (#14) — **42–55** (fail) · lower
- 866 Stokesbary Striker (#18) — **40–57** (fail) · lower
- 853 Boehnke Pg 18 Ln 25 (#8) — **42–55** (fail) · lower
- 857 Kraft Pg 83 Ln 31 (#9) — **40–57** (fail) · lower
- 861 Rivers Pg 88 Ln 19 (#5) — **20–27** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage (#19) — **52–45** (pass) · lower
- 879 Rivers Pg 94 Ln 31 (#7) — **23–24** (fail) · upper
- 840 Becker Pg 89 Ln 39 (#6) — **22–25** (fail) · upper
- 845 Walsh Pg 94 Ln 31 (#15) — **41–56** (fail) · lower
- 870 Dufault Pg 85 Ln 39 (#11) — **41–56** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hansen — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-26** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-19** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-04-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-25** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-26** Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-26** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-04-19** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-04-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-25** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-26** Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-26** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-04-25** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-26** Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-26** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-04-26** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-27** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-28** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-28** Passed final passage; yeas, 52; nays, 46; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 406, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019**. `became-law`
- **2019-03-29T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-19T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-22T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-25T22:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 06:00 PM
- **2019-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/5fa45fe7-8229-426c-86f1-1fdd40fc484b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).