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type: "Bill"
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title: "Requiring employers to provide exclusive bargaining representatives reasonable access to new employees for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative."
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description: "Requiring employers to provide exclusive bargaining representatives reasonable access to new employees for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining representative."
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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: "SB 6229"
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citation: "Washington SB 6229 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Van De Wege"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2018-01-10"
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last_action: "2018-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbb83907-1d86-4723-8776-c32e30692de3"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6229&year=2017"
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source_hash: "cfbeeae0c5f5fbc43ff24011594d15bf6e64321743e38ac316b989beeebcc671"
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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 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.
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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/Senate%20Bills/6229.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6229.E.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage (#30) — **58–40** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#51) — **27–20** (pass) · upper
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- 479 Angel Pg 2 Ln 8 (#50) — **22–25** (fail) · upper
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- 404 Baumgartner Pg 2 Ln 8 (#49) — **22–25** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Van De Wege — primary (person)
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- Chase — cosponsor (person)
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- Conway — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
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- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
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- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
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- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
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- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-29** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
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- **2018-01-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-29** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2018-01-30** On motion, referred to Rules.
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- **2018-02-02** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
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- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2018-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-20** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
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- **2018-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2018-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2018-02-22** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-03** President signed. `passage`
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- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2018-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-03-23** Chapter 250, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2018-03-23** 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/fbb83907-1d86-4723-8776-c32e30692de3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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