---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the healthy energy workers board."
description: "Establishing the healthy energy workers board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5627"
citation: "Washington SB 5627 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS", "UTILITIES", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ed2a86a-a948-486c-ba90-a0501aa4c287"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5627&year=2019"
source_hash: "9385b6a26931d2c03529b125b460ca2f1cd19f6e7c85c2e319b38d28dbca8482"
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 5627 (2019-2020) — Establishing the healthy energy workers board.

## 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/5627.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5627-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#1) — **92–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-20** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter 53, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-20T22:45:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 05:45 PM
- **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

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ed2a86a-a948-486c-ba90-a0501aa4c287`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).