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type: "Bill"
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title: "Enforcing plumbing contractor requirements."
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description: "Enforcing plumbing contractor requirements."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "SB 6197"
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citation: "Washington SB 6197 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-16"
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last_action: "2026-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d7a44e6-e5b4-44fa-8bc3-79326bab1929"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6197&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "e7343b40b6d65f07d5a85ba24e6ae0f4c6371b89b4ad5d47ede0839ce158267f"
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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 6197 (2025-2026) — Enforcing plumbing contractor requirements.
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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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6197.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6197-S.E.htm)
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3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6197-S.htm)
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4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6197-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hunt — primary (person)
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- Conway — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-16** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-30** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-03** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2026-02-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2026-02-16** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 26). `substitution`
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- **2026-02-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2026-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-19** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:45 AM.
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- **2026-02-25** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-24** Chapter 178, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-24** Effective date 1/1/2027. `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/0d7a44e6-e5b4-44fa-8bc3-79326bab1929`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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