republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1538.md

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Bill	Requiring prime contractors to bond the subcontractors portion of retainage upon request.	Requiring prime contractors to bond the subcontractors portion of retainage upon request.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1538	Washington HB 1538 (2017-2018)	bill	PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTORS	enacted	Stambaugh	3	27	2	2017-01-23	2017-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/e5f13b7d-5070-418d-a8ad-08a3c45b83b7	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1538&year=2017	784753c42c544e6cc1bcc8f0e947d618c6c8f5a150bb92f28f3378a7d621ac75	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1538 (2017-2018) — Requiring prime contractors to bond the subcontractors portion of retainage upon request.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Final Passage (#40) — 82–15 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — 34–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stambaugh — primary (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Hayes — cosponsor (person)
• Pike — cosponsor (person)
• Sells — cosponsor (person)
• Vick — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-23 First reading, referred to Capital Budget (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-10 CB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-10 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-15 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-24 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-07 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-10 CB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-10 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-15 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-24 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-07 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-07 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-03-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 82; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-03-09 First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. reading-1
• 2017-03-09 CLS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2017-03-13 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-04-10 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-12 Committee amendment not adopted. amendment-failure
• 2017-04-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-04-14 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-17 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-18 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-05-16 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-05-16 Chapter 302, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-05-16 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5f13b7d-5070-418d-a8ad-08a3c45b83b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).