republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/sb-6194.md

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Bill	Concerning state legislative employee collective bargaining.	Concerning state legislative employee collective bargaining.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	SB 6194	Washington SB 6194 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Stanford	5	53	5	2024-01-12	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/bf50b096-31b1-4b29-a3d4-c61c05e30a2a	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6194&year=2023	f4cf9f06b4cfc757408244d0a999db6744f2a1238775bfe6a11bf1326d6082d3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6194 (2023-2024) — Concerning state legislative employee collective bargaining.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Second Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
5. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) — 29–18 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — 58–39 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#51) — 56–37 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — 62–34 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — 27–22 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stanford — primary (person)
• C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Liias — cosponsor (person)
• Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
• Nobles — cosponsor (person)
• Randall — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
• Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-12 First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. reading-1
• 2024-01-18 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-23 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-01-25 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-25 LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-01-25 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-01-26 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-05 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
• 2024-02-05 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-02-05 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-05 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-07 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-02-09 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 24). substitution
• 2024-02-09 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-02-09 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-09 Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2024-02-13 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-20 LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-20 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 11:00 AM.
• 2024-02-26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-26 APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Labor & Workplace Standards. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-02-29 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 5. reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
• 2024-03-06 House receded from amendments.
• 2024-03-06 Returned to second reading for amendment.
• 2024-03-06 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-03-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-03-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-03-07 Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
• 2024-03-07 House receded from amendments.
• 2024-03-07 Returned to second reading for amendment.
• 2024-03-07 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-03-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-03-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-03-07 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2024-03-07 Passed final passage; yeas, 29; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 2. passage
• 2024-03-07 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-08 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Chapter 333, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-28 Effective date 5/1/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf50b096-31b1-4b29-a3d4-c61c05e30a2a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).