---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning extending collective bargaining to legislative employees."
description: "Concerning extending collective bargaining to legislative employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2124"
citation: "Washington HB 2124 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "LEGISLATURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4e12165-f07a-4cce-b2d2-d9923dcb4135"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2124&year=2021"
source_hash: "41f8e02bc4a7d0ad5a28d1b1d6a4214aae9d87df201e438e9320a919526bd328"
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 2124 (2021-2022) — Concerning extending collective bargaining to legislative employees.

## 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/2124.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2124-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2124-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **56–41** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **28–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Riccelli — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Entenman — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Wicks — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 11:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 22). `substitution`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **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, 56; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 5:00 PM.
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Held on third reading.
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 283, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022*. `became-law`
- **2022-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-28T16:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 11:00 AM
- **2022-03-05T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2022-03-07T22:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 05:00 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4e12165-f07a-4cce-b2d2-d9923dcb4135`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).