---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning interest arbitration for department of corrections employees."
description: "Concerning interest arbitration for department of corrections employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2763"
citation: "Washington HB 2763 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "CORRECTIONS", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e6a0e18-4502-4c4c-bcad-093d2919a24f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2763&year=2019"
source_hash: "c9c703c4f79abebe4351583a4b5565d5c53192c52c33199846ed395e7bd69928"
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 2763 (2019-2020) — Concerning interest arbitration for department of corrections employees.

## 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/2763.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **79–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chapman — primary (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-03** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** 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, 79; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-27** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-19** Chapter 89, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-19** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-30T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-05T20:30:00+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
- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **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/0e6a0e18-4502-4c4c-bcad-093d2919a24f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).