republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-2177.md

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Bill	Creating the rural county high employer demand jobs program.	Creating the rural county high employer demand jobs program.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2177	Washington HB 2177 (2017-2018)	bill	COUNTIES WORKER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE NEEDS COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES	enacted	Chapman	4	45	3	2017-03-22	2018-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/9a57dafc-2ffe-43bb-9b0b-a0c7af3975fd	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2177&year=2017	3f0efffe50ad81465e5217628e254df4bfd9efde505617834fdcf84aab40f229	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2177 (2017-2018) — Creating the rural county high employer demand jobs program.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Final Passage (#39) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chapman — primary (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Steele — cosponsor (person)
• Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-22 First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 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.
• 2018-01-17 HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-19 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2018-02-06 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-08 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-17 HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-19 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2018-02-06 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-08 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-06 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-08 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-08 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-02-08 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-08 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-02-13 First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. reading-1
• 2018-02-22 HEWD - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2018-02-23 On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
• 2018-02-26 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Ways & Means.
• 2018-02-26 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-03-02 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2018-03-02 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-05 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2018-03-05 Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-23 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-23 Chapter 254, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-23 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a57dafc-2ffe-43bb-9b0b-a0c7af3975fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).