republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-6126.md

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Bill	Requiring completion of an apprenticeship program to receive a journey level electrician certificate of competency.	Requiring completion of an apprenticeship program to receive a journey level electrician certificate of competency.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 6126	Washington SB 6126 (2017-2018)	bill	APPRENTICES AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS ELECTRICIANS	enacted	Saldaña	2	29	3	2018-01-09	2018-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/afab32b4-63a8-4e64-9992-9abfc81ba5af	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6126&year=2017	e0f3e3573439ca779d1e2f654682767df995de118b5bb8d056fa0784a1789947	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6126 (2017-2018) — Requiring completion of an apprenticeship program to receive a journey level electrician certificate of competency.

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 as Amended by the House (#26) — 43–6 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#37) — 62–36 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — 44–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Saldaña — primary (person)
• Chase — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. reading-1
• 2018-01-15 LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-15 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-17 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-01-18 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-01-25 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-15 LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-15 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-17 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-01-18 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-01-25 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-25 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-01-25 Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-01-29 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 with amendment(s).
• 2018-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-26 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-27 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2018-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-05 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2018-03-05 Passed final passage; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2018-03-07 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-09 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-23 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-23 Chapter 249, 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/afab32b4-63a8-4e64-9992-9abfc81ba5af. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).