Washington HB 1644: Concerning the margin tax.

Bill Text

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1644
Chapter 173, Laws of 2025
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
WORKING MINORS—SAFETY AND HEALTH—VARIOUS PROVISIONS
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2026
Passed by the House March 10, 2025
Yeas 60 Nays 35
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 9, 2025
Yeas 37 Nays 12
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the
House of Representatives of the
State of Washington, do hereby
certify that the attached is
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL
1644 as passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on
the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk
Approved April 28, 2025 1:13 PM FILED
April 28, 2025
BOB FERGUSON
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to the safety and health of working minors; 1
amending RCW 39.04.350, 49.12.390, 49.12.410, and 49.30.040; adding a 2
new section to chapter 49.12 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 3
49.17 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 49.30 RCW; prescribing 4
penalties; and providing an effective date.5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:6
Sec. 1. RCW 39.04.350 and 2023 c 88 s 1 are each amended to read 7
as follows:8
(1) Before award of a public works contract, a bidder must meet 9
the following responsibility criteria to be considered a responsible 10
bidder and qualified to be awarded a public works project. The bidder 11
must:12
(a) At the time of bid submittal, have a certificate of 13
registration in compliance with chapter 18.27 RCW, a plumbing 14
contractor license in compliance with chapter 18.106 RCW, an elevator 15
contractor license in compliance with chapter 70.87 RCW, or an 16
electrical contractor license in compliance with chapter 19.28 RCW, 17
as required under the provisions of those chapters;18
(b) Have a current state unified business identifier number;19
(c) If applicable, have industrial insurance coverage for the 20
bidder's employees working in Washington as required in Title 51 RCW; 21
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1644
Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By House Labor & Workplace Standards (originally sponsored by
Representatives Fosse, Ortiz-Self, Parshley, Stonier, Taylor,
Shavers, Davis, Obras, Macri, Berg, Hill, Street, Berry, Reed,
Cortes, Ramel, Thomas, Goodman, Ormsby, Salahuddin, Scott, Gregerson,
Thai, and Simmons)
READ FIRST TIME 02/18/25.
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an employment security department number as required in Title 50 RCW; 1
and a state excise tax registration number as required in Title 82 2
RCW;3
(d) Not be disqualified from bidding on any public works contract 4
under RCW 39.06.010 or 39.12.065(3);5
(e) If bidding on a public works project subject to the 6
apprenticeship utilization requirements in RCW 39.04.320, not have 7
been found out of compliance by the Washington state apprenticeship 8
and training council for working apprentices out of ratio, without 9
appropriate supervision, or outside their approved work processes as 10
outlined in their standards of apprenticeship under chapter 49.04 RCW 11
for the one-year period immediately preceding the date of the bid 12
solicitation;13
(f) Have received training on the requirements related to public 14
works and prevailing wage under this chapter and chapter 39.12 RCW. 15
The bidder must designate a person or persons to be trained on these 16
requirements. The training must be provided by the department of 17
labor and industries or by a training provider whose curriculum is 18
approved by the department. The department, in consultation with the 19
prevailing wage advisory committee, must determine the length of the 20
training. Bidders that have completed three or more public works 21
projects and have had a valid business license in Washington for 22
three or more years are exempt from this subsection. The department 23
of labor and industries must keep records of entities that have 24
satisfied the training requirement or are exempt and make the records 25
available on its website. Responsible parties may rely on the records 26
made available by the department regarding satisfaction of the 27
training requirement or exemption; ((and))28
(g) Within the three-year period immediately preceding the date 29
of the bid solicitation, not have been determined by a final and 30
binding citation and notice of assessment issued by the department of 31
labor and industries or through a civil judgment entered by a court 32
of limited or general jurisdiction to have willfully violated, as 33
defined in RCW 49.48.082, any provision of chapter 49.46, 49.48, or 34
49.52 RCW; and35
(h) At the time of bid submittal, not be subject to a revocation 36
of a minor work permit under RCW 49.12.390(4).37
(2) Before award of a public works contract, a bidder shall 38
submit to the contracting agency a signed statement in