---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning state legislative employee collective bargaining."
description: "Concerning state legislative employee collective bargaining."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 6194"
citation: "Washington SB 6194 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf50b096-31b1-4b29-a3d4-c61c05e30a2a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6194&year=2023"
source_hash: "f4cf9f06b4cfc757408244d0a999db6744f2a1238775bfe6a11bf1326d6082d3"
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 6194 (2023-2024) — Concerning state legislative employee collective bargaining.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6194.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6194-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6194-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6194-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6194-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) — **29–18** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **58–39** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#51) — **56–37** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **62–34** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **27–22** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stanford — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-23** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-25** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-25** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 11:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Labor & Workplace Standards. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2024-03-06** House receded from amendments.
- **2024-03-06** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2024-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2024-03-07** House receded from amendments.
- **2024-03-07** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2024-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2024-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 29; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Chapter 333, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-28** Effective date 5/1/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf50b096-31b1-4b29-a3d4-c61c05e30a2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).