republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1298.md

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Bill	Prohibiting employers from asking about arrests or convictions before an applicant is determined otherwise qualified for a position.	Prohibiting employers from asking about arrests or convictions before an applicant is determined otherwise qualified for a position.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1298	Washington HB 1298 (2017-2018)	bill	NAMED ACTS CRIMINAL OFFENDERS EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES LABOR ATTORNEY GENERAL	enacted	Ortiz-Self	3	56	5	2017-01-16	2018-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/2cb98d78-a065-4fb5-9b74-6583e64aa777	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1298&year=2017	d99c17551221217426947f6f1d2f684580ecc314fa03ac61aa0f1fa9603b2644	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1298 (2017-2018) — Prohibiting employers from asking about arrests or convictions before an applicant is determined otherwise qualified for a position.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — 52–44 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#28) — 33–16 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#42) — 68–30 (pass) · lower
• 721 Manweller Pg 4 Ln 12 (#10) — 47–51 (fail) · lower
• Final Passage (#11) — 52–46 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
• Appleton — cosponsor (person)
• Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
• Farrell — cosponsor (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
• Haler — cosponsor (person)
• Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
• Kagi — cosponsor (person)
• Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
• Lovick — cosponsor (person)
• Manweller — cosponsor (person)
• McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Santos — cosponsor (person)
• Sells — cosponsor (person)
• Senn — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)
• Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
• Young — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-16 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-01-30 LAWS - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-01-30 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-01-30 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-02-22 APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-01 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-22 APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-01 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 68; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-03-03 First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. reading-1
• 2017-04-23 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 2017-04-24 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-05-23 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-06-21 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2018-01-08 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2018-01-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
• 2018-01-08 Referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
• 2018-01-09 LAWS - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-09 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-12 Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-07 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-09 LAWS - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-09 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-12 Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-07 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 46; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-02-09 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. reading-1
• 2018-02-21 LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2018-02-21 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-22 On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
• 2018-02-26 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor & Commerce.
• 2018-02-26 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-27 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-28 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2018-02-28 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-28 Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-03 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2018-03-03 Passed final passage; yeas, 52; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 2. passage
• 2018-03-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-07 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-13 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-13 Chapter 38, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-13 Effective date 6/7/2018**. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2cb98d78-a065-4fb5-9b74-6583e64aa777. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).