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Bill	Addressing workplace practices to achieve gender pay equity.	Addressing workplace practices to achieve gender pay equity.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1506	Washington HB 1506 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Senn	4	71	16	2017-01-23	2018-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/a0da95a7-bf12-4a96-8555-4d741701f646	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1506&year=2017	cc3e8bf82a6786db126bfc3525f9dbe0ee8c31ba6ced033e9714c34fe8c8fb17	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1506 (2017-2018) — Addressing workplace practices to achieve gender pay equity.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#31) — 36–12 (pass) · upper
• 663 McCabe Striker (#5) — 47–50 (fail) · lower
• 665 Stambaugh Pg 3 Ln 34 (#2) — 47–50 (fail) · lower
• 838 Baumgartner Pg 3 Ln 12 (#28) — 24–25 (fail) · upper
• Final Passage (#6) — 61–31 (pass) · lower
• 664 Muri Pg 7 Ln 1 (#3) — 47–50 (fail) · lower
• 846 Rivers Pg 6 Ln 35 (#30) — 24–25 (fail) · upper
• Final Passage (#6) — 69–28 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage (#20) — 61–36 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage on Reconsideration (#18) — 61–31 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage (#7) — 61–33 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#31) — 37–12 (pass) · upper
• 666 Maycumber Pg 3 Ln 27 (#1) — 46–51 (fail) · lower
• 669 Smith Pg 7 Ln 2 (#4) — 47–50 (fail) · lower
• 837 Baumgartner Pg 6 Ln 26 (#29) — 24–25 (fail) · upper
• Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#2) — 70–28 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Senn — primary (person)
• Appleton — cosponsor (person)
• Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
• Chapman — cosponsor (person)
• Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Dolan — cosponsor (person)
• Farrell — cosponsor (person)
• Fey — cosponsor (person)
• Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
• Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
• Kagi — cosponsor (person)
• Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
• Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
• Sells — cosponsor (person)
• Slatter — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)
• Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-23 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.
• 2017-02-24 APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-24 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-03 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-08 1st substitute bill not substituted.
• 2017-03-08 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-03-08 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-08 Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-03-10 First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. reading-1
• 2017-03-29 CLS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2017-03-29 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-04-23 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 2017-04-24 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-05-01 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
• 2017-05-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 31; absent, 0; excused, 6. reading-3
• 2017-05-02 Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
• 2017-05-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 31; absent, 0; excused, 6. reading-3
• 2017-05-05 First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. reading-1
• 2017-05-23 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 2017-05-23 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-05-23 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
• 2017-05-25 Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 4. reading-3
• 2017-05-29 First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. reading-1
• 2017-06-21 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 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.
• 2018-01-17 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-24 APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-24 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-03 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-08 1st substitute bill not substituted.
• 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.
• 2018-01-17 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-17 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-01-17 Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-01-19 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. reading-1
• 2018-02-07 LBRC - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-08 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-03-01 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-03-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-03 House refuses to concur in the Senate amendments. Asks Senate for Conference thereon.
• 2018-03-03 Conference committee appointed. Representatives Sells, Senn, McCabe.
• 2018-03-05 Conference committee request granted.
• 2018-03-05 Conference committee appointed. Senators Keiser, Baumgartner, Cleveland.
• 2018-03-06 Conference committee report; received 11:10 AM 3/6/2018.
• 2018-03-06 Conference committee report; received 11:20 AM 3/6/2018.
• 2018-03-06 Conference committee report adopted.
• 2018-03-06 Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 36; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 1.
• 2018-03-07 Conference committee report adopted.
• 2018-03-07 Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 70; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 0.
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-21 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-21 Chapter 116, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-21 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a0da95a7-bf12-4a96-8555-4d741701f646. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).