---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning prevailing wage sanctions, penalties, and debarment."
description: "Concerning prevailing wage sanctions, penalties, and debarment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2136"
citation: "Washington HB 2136 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ormsby"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b05f538-f6b7-483d-83b0-6b55e3a1d823"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2136&year=2023"
source_hash: "19d8ef0624b0f6c97b33d7199fd78d2ae2fc51f7b61af5a80d55b8b96df8b317"
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 2136 (2023-2024) — Concerning prevailing wage sanctions, penalties, and debarment.

## 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/House%20Bills/2136.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2136-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2136-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **46–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ormsby — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-26** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-15** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-15** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-20** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-07** Chapter 7, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-07** Effective date 1/1/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b05f538-f6b7-483d-83b0-6b55e3a1d823`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).