---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning sales commissions."
description: "Concerning sales commissions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2474"
citation: "Washington HB 2474 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WAGES AND HOURS", "BUSINESSES", "SALES", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sells"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c7fe195-128d-41ef-995e-7733ebfefb77"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2474&year=2019"
source_hash: "6a097825a188e2882579fb2413ba5c22596eae736dd967d6e181319b5f3fe1f1"
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 2474 (2019-2020) — Concerning sales commissions.

## 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/2474.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-19** Chapter 84, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-19** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-20T18:30:00+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
- **2020-02-25T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c7fe195-128d-41ef-995e-7733ebfefb77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).