---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring employers to periodically report standard occupational classifications or job titles of workers."
description: "Requiring employers to periodically report standard occupational classifications or job titles of workers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2308"
citation: "Washington HB 2308 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slatter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/863cb169-2c72-4a45-841d-420fbdbddc37"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2308&year=2019"
source_hash: "80db4f75a1c93e4509b55cbe4d1c7ae376944986dcd63b538a545a50b7160753"
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 2308 (2019-2020) — Requiring employers to periodically report standard occupational classifications or job titles of workers.

## 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/2308.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2308-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#45) — **34–14** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **60–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Slatter — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-24** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-25** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-03** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-03** Chapter 334, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-03** Effective date 10/1/2021. `became-law`
- **2020-01-13T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-03T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T17:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 12:00 PM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+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/863cb169-2c72-4a45-841d-420fbdbddc37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).