---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing educational and training opportunities for careers in retail."
description: "Increasing educational and training opportunities for careers in retail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2019"
citation: "Washington HB 2019 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "STATE BOARD FOR", "SALES", "WORKER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE NEEDS", "WORKFORCE TRAINING AND EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boehnke"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a70280f0-df08-4548-bff1-f3df7b3ff4e8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2019&year=2021"
source_hash: "547b6a089fdf21c89423ad071d8ceb2629c211f6549c30bca8c9c1a34f18b802"
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 2019 (2021-2022) — Increasing educational and training opportunities for careers in retail.

## 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/2019.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2019-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **94–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boehnke — primary (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Sutherland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** CWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+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`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (CWD 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+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 278, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2022-01-27T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-22T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a70280f0-df08-4548-bff1-f3df7b3ff4e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).