republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-2298.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Concerning wastewater operator certifications.	Concerning wastewater operator certifications.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2298	Washington HB 2298 (2017-2018)	bill	WATER POLLUTION ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT	enacted	Haler	2	26	2	2017-12-18	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/3543e2ae-b3cd-4fb5-8b0e-75e1c7ea15f4	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2298&year=2017	e7cf7cb2ee985bb8a51f1e738ac6f539c843abb220a3d8c4496e6df6deb4fb60	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2298 (2017-2018) — Concerning wastewater operator certifications.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — 33–16 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#6) — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Haler — primary (person)
• Dolan — cosponsor (person)
• Fey — cosponsor (person)
• Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
• Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
• McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-18 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2018-01-08 First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-01-18 ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-22 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-01-26 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-01 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-18 ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-22 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-01-26 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-01 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. reading-3
• 2018-02-05 First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Technology. reading-1
• 2018-02-22 EENT - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-23 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-26 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-03 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-05 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-22 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-22 Chapter 213, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-22 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3543e2ae-b3cd-4fb5-8b0e-75e1c7ea15f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).