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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning wastewater operator certifications."
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description: "Concerning wastewater operator certifications."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2017-2018"
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identifier: "HB 2298"
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citation: "Washington HB 2298 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["WATER POLLUTION", "ECOLOGY", "DEPARTMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Haler"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-12-18"
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last_action: "2018-03-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3543e2ae-b3cd-4fb5-8b0e-75e1c7ea15f4"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2298&year=2017"
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source_hash: "e7cf7cb2ee985bb8a51f1e738ac6f539c843abb220a3d8c4496e6df6deb4fb60"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 2298 (2017-2018) — Concerning wastewater operator certifications.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2298.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2298-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **33–16** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage (#6) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Haler — primary (person)
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- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
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- Fey — cosponsor (person)
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- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
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- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
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- McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
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- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-12-18** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-18** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2018-01-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2018-02-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
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- **2018-01-18** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2018-01-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2018-02-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
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- **2018-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2018-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-05** First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Technology. `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-22** EENT - Majority; do pass.
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- **2018-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2018-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
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- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
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- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-03-22** Chapter 213, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2018-03-22** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3543e2ae-b3cd-4fb5-8b0e-75e1c7ea15f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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