---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing a specialty electrician to continue working under a valid specialty certificate of competency while enrolled in a journey level apprenticeship program."
description: "Allowing a specialty electrician to continue working under a valid specialty certificate of competency while enrolled in a journey level apprenticeship program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1533"
citation: "Washington HB 1533 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schmidt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2eba34e2-8dec-4016-91b5-5b30932170d3"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1533&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "8156dbd6ffb3665c9118c0c4bf9f3e36a5b46704ac898e80ccca318889534228"
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 1533 (2025-2026) — Allowing a specialty electrician to continue working under a valid specialty certificate of competency while enrolled in a journey level apprenticeship program.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1533.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1533-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1533-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1533-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-19** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-28** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-31** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-01** LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Chapter 240, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-12** 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/2eba34e2-8dec-4016-91b5-5b30932170d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).