---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strengthening the rights of workers through collective bargaining by addressing authorizations and revocations, certifications, and the authority to deduct and accept union dues and fees."
description: "Strengthening the rights of workers through collective bargaining by addressing authorizations and revocations, certifications, and the authority to deduct and accept union dues and fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1575"
citation: "Washington HB 1575 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR", "COLLECTIVE BARGAINING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stonier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c57d8a5e-e753-4710-83bb-0f15ad232e36"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1575&year=2019"
source_hash: "2e9556180135988014a380f42ec5c0fd4b61e75b099c2df86965afdb6b171e8b"
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 1575 (2019-2020) — Strengthening the rights of workers through collective bargaining by addressing authorizations and revocations, certifications, and the authority to deduct and accept union dues and fees.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1575.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1575-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1575-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#24) — **56–38** (pass) · lower
- 355 Stokesbary Striker (#27) — **41–57** (fail) · lower
- 346 Mosbrucker Pg 5 Ln 1 (#25) — **41–57** (fail) · lower
- 340 Stokesbary Pg 6 Ln 9 (#26) — **41–57** (fail) · lower
- 353 Kraft Pg 1 Ln 21 (#24) — **41–57** (fail) · lower
- 554 Short Pg 11 Ln 10 (#31) — **20–26** (fail) · upper
- 597 Braun Pg 4 Ln 16 (#30) — **20–25** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — **25–21** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#28) — **57–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stonier — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** Committee recommendations adopted and the 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-18** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** Committee recommendations adopted and the 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-11** Held on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 56; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Chapter 230, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** Committee recommendations adopted and the 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-04T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-21T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-28T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c57d8a5e-e753-4710-83bb-0f15ad232e36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).