---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning public employee collective bargaining."
description: "Concerning public employee collective bargaining."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5969"
citation: "Washington SB 5969 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LEGISLATURE", "FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT", "OFFICE", "RECORDS", "COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-28"
last_action: "2017-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4f4334b-469d-4991-a88f-b0a2cc7f5433"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5969&year=2017"
source_hash: "150ec5f71aaefc8e590d6524685141485e5deb9f65427e99f78bcba4f879273b"
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 5969 (2017-2018) — Concerning public 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5969.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#13) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keiser — primary (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-28** First Reading.
- **2017-06-28** Placed on second reading.
- **2017-06-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-29** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-30** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-07-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-06** Chapter 23, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. `became-law`
- **2017-07-06** Effective date 10/19/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4f4334b-469d-4991-a88f-b0a2cc7f5433`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).