republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5493.md

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Bill	Establishing the prevailing rate of wage based on collective bargaining agreements or other methods if collective bargaining agreements are not available.	Establishing the prevailing rate of wage based on collective bargaining agreements or other methods if collective bargaining agreements are not available.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5493	Washington SB 5493 (2017-2018)	bill	PUBLIC WORKS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING	enacted	Conway	2	30	2	2017-01-26	2018-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/8372469f-75a1-4075-b257-c2d72b294e28	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5493&year=2017	378c849ec6e856a7170ccb9ddddbab89bb0b8ca8b7c02768ad54b0e44d2d9ca5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5493 (2017-2018) — Establishing the prevailing rate of wage based on collective bargaining agreements or other methods if collective bargaining agreements are not available.

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

• Final Passage (#22) — 53–45 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — 32–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Conway — primary (person)
• Chase — cosponsor (person)
• Darneille — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Takko — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-26 First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. 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.
• 2018-01-08 Due to Senate committee reorganization, referred to Labor & Commerce.
• 2018-01-22 LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-24 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-01-25 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-12 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-22 LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-24 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-01-25 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-12 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2018-02-14 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-22 LAWS - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-26 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-28 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-28 Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-05 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-23 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-23 Chapter 248, 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/8372469f-75a1-4075-b257-c2d72b294e28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).