Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Session
- 2025-2026
- Chamber
- lower
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Not supplied
- Introduced / first action
- 2025-01-23 00:00:00
Washington 2025-2026
Allowing a specialty electrician to continue working under a valid specialty certificate of competency while enrolled in a journey level apprenticeship program.
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Source-supplied history
Effective date 1/1/2026.
became-lawChapter 240, 2025 Laws.
became-lawGovernor signed.
executive-signatureDelivered to Governor.
executive-receiptPresident signed.
passageSpeaker signed.
passagePassed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.
passageHouse concurred in Senate amendments.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorableExecutive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
reading-1, referral-committeeThird reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3Floor amendment(s) adopted.
1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 25).
substitutionRules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committeeLAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitutionExecutive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
reading-1, referral-committeeDocuments and versions
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