---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building economic strength through manufacturing."
description: "Building economic strength through manufacturing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1170"
citation: "Washington HB 1170 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY", "NAMED ACTS", "WORKER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE NEEDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boehnke"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/862372d9-0cf8-4f1c-bd75-077667a56a40"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1170&year=2021"
source_hash: "7b882b6d9f97866635e71adf0cd1c350eed5fbca4a507f7bf06b4fc8a06299eb"
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 1170 (2021-2022) — Building economic strength through manufacturing.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1170.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1170-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boehnke — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Dye — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- McCaslin — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Sutherland — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 8:30 AM.
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** CED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Community & Economic Development. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (CED 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** BFST - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 64, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-29T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 08:30 AM
- **2021-02-03T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM
- **2021-02-16T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-17T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-23T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-25T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-31T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2021-04-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/862372d9-0cf8-4f1c-bd75-077667a56a40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).