---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhancing the prevailing wage laws to ensure contractor and owner accountability and worker protection."
description: "Enhancing the prevailing wage laws to ensure contractor and owner accountability and worker protection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5035"
citation: "Washington SB 5035 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC WORKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-21"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4a84164-e08d-4b0b-a82b-756fc6dada60"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5035&year=2019"
source_hash: "f3bd6d76c10dffde47109738f79f536f778d0f72a0134b851f915d80913a88f5"
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 SB 5035 (2019-2020) — Enhancing the prevailing wage laws to ensure contractor and owner accountability and worker protection.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5035.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5035-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5035-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **34–15** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **59–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saldaña — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-21** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-12** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-12** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-12** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-01** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor & Workplace Standards.
- **2019-04-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-10** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 34; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 242, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 1/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-12T16:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 11:00 AM
- **2019-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-21T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-05T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4a84164-e08d-4b0b-a82b-756fc6dada60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).