republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-6229.md

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Bill	Requiring employers to provide exclusive bargaining representatives reasonable access to new employees for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative.	Requiring employers to provide exclusive bargaining representatives reasonable access to new employees for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 6229	Washington SB 6229 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Van De Wege	2	23	4	2018-01-10	2018-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/fbb83907-1d86-4723-8776-c32e30692de3	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6229&year=2017	cfbeeae0c5f5fbc43ff24011594d15bf6e64321743e38ac316b989beeebcc671	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6229 (2017-2018) — Requiring employers to provide exclusive bargaining representatives reasonable access to new employees for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Final Passage (#30) — 58–40 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#51) — 27–20 (pass) · upper
• 479 Angel Pg 2 Ln 8 (#50) — 22–25 (fail) · upper
• 404 Baumgartner Pg 2 Ln 8 (#49) — 22–25 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Van De Wege — primary (person)
• Chase — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. reading-1
• 2018-01-29 LBRC - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-01-29 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2018-01-29 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-30 On motion, referred to Rules.
• 2018-02-02 Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-12 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2018-02-15 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-20 LAWS - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-20 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-22 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-22 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-03 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 250, 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/fbb83907-1d86-4723-8776-c32e30692de3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).