Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
ESSB 6197 — Enforcing plumbing contractor requirements.
Signed into law — Chapter 178, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Hunt
- Introduced
- February 3, 2026
- Status
- C 178 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 1/1/2027. (March 24, 2026)
What this bill does
Changes the circumstances under which a plumbing certificate, license, endorsement, or registration may be suspended.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 202696 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 17, 202649 yea · 0 nay
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