republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1939.md

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Bill	Recognizing the thirty-first day of March as Cesar Chavez day.	Recognizing the thirty-first day of March as Cesar Chavez day.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1939	Washington HB 1939 (2017-2018)	bill	FARMS AND FARMING AGRICULTURE MINORITIES HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES LABOR	enacted	Hudgins	1	28	3	2017-02-03	2018-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/5c6af8df-a7a7-4eec-98cc-09328f4516dd	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1939&year=2017	9c0e9a612d774ac838b7850b6d546918f013fedf386568a52e6da8d8fda6a83f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1939 (2017-2018) — Recognizing the thirty-first day of March as Cesar Chavez day.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#14) — 71–25 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — 35–14 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#10) — 73–23 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hudgins — primary (person)
• Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
• Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
• Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Santos — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-03 First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-15 SEIT - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-02-17 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-24 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2017-03-01 First reading, referred to State Government. reading-1
• 2017-03-29 SGOV - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-29 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-04-23 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 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.
• 2018-01-12 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
• 2018-01-18 Third reading, passed; yeas, 73; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2018-01-22 First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. reading-1
• 2018-01-31 SGTE - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-01 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, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-03 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-31 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-31 Chapter 307, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-31 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c6af8df-a7a7-4eec-98cc-09328f4516dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).