---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning minimum labor standards for certain employees working at an airport or air navigation facility."
description: "Concerning minimum labor standards for certain employees working at an airport or air navigation facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6217"
citation: "Washington SB 6217 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR", "AERONAUTICS", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a0720ce-5032-4af7-abbc-4780b46ebe02"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6217&year=2019"
source_hash: "0199507ffb8a803568d507bf12d29111a8d323eab7ae6d7d742f4fd3c25de441"
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 6217 (2019-2020) — Concerning minimum labor standards for certain employees working at an airport or air navigation facility.

## 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/6217.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6217-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6217-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **58–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41) — **33–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keiser — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-04** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-19** Chapter 96, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-19** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-27T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-04T17:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 12:00 PM
- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-25T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a0720ce-5032-4af7-abbc-4780b46ebe02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).