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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning the scope of collective bargaining for language access providers."
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description: "Concerning the scope of collective bargaining for language access providers."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "HB 2691"
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citation: "Washington HB 2691 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "PROFESSIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Valdez"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2020-01-17"
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last_action: "2020-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a7e0397-5463-4a9c-9138-735276325bc7"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2691&year=2019"
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source_hash: "365940071c0915f056633e69b34d8fe85db064532d5fd12a6b7ac27a219b58f5"
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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 2691 (2019-2020) — Concerning the scope of collective bargaining for language access providers.
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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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2691.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) — **32–15** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **61–35** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Valdez — primary (person)
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- Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
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- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
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- Frame — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
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- Macri — cosponsor (person)
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- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
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- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-17** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-23** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
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- **2020-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2020-01-24** Referred to Appropriations.
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- **2020-02-08** APP - Majority; do pass.
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- **2020-02-08** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-24** LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
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- **2020-02-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2020-02-24** Minority; without recommendation.
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- **2020-02-25** Referred to Ways & Means.
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- **2020-02-28** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor & Commerce.
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- **2020-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
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- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 61; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
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- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2020-04-02** Chapter 289, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
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- **2020-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
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- **2020-01-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
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- **2020-02-03T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
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- **2020-02-08T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
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- **2020-02-20T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
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- **2020-02-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
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- **2020-02-28T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
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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/7a7e0397-5463-4a9c-9138-735276325bc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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