WA SB 6302

enacted

Concerning misclassification in the finishing trades on public works projects.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 6302 pass?

Yes. WA SB 6302 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-18. Latest recorded action (2026-03-18): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA SB 6302 about?

WA SB 6302 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning misclassification in the finishing trades on public works projects.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 6302?

Conway is the primary sponsor of WA SB 6302, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-18 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-01-26
First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-30
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-03
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-03
LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2026-02-03
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-04
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-02-06
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-02-13
1st substitute bill substituted (LC 26).
substitution
2026-02-13
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-02-13
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-13
Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2026-02-17
First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-18
Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-20
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-20
LAWS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-23
Referred to Appropriations.
referral-committee
2026-02-26
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
2026-03-02
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
2026-03-02
APP - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-02
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-03-04
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-03-05
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-05
Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
2026-03-06
President signed.
passage
2026-03-06
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-09
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-03-18
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-18
Chapter 105, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-18
Effective date 6/11/2026.
became-law

Versions

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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31)
2026-02-13 · pass · 37-11
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: no
- Fortunato: yes
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: yes
- Goehner: no
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: other
- Hunt: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: yes
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: no
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5)
2026-03-05 · pass · 92-4
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: yes
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: yes
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: yes
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: other
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6302&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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