---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring an employer to reimburse employee fees when a paycheck is dishonored by nonacceptance or nonpayment."
description: "Requiring an employer to reimburse employee fees when a paycheck is dishonored by nonacceptance or nonpayment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1794"
citation: "Washington HB 1794 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WAGES AND HOURS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hoff"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e79af1b-e158-4404-bf16-c8dfe85554cb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1794&year=2021"
source_hash: "23e69d12153ae8bc0aefb7a53f9715d9d7e26f0017d219256a5945dd52757d88"
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 1794 (2021-2022) — Requiring an employer to reimburse employee fees when a paycheck is dishonored by nonacceptance or nonpayment.

## 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/1794.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1794-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hoff — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Sutherland — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 9:30 AM.
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** LCTA - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 28, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-12T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM
- **2022-01-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-17T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-21T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 09:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e79af1b-e158-4404-bf16-c8dfe85554cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).