Enforcing plumbing contractor requirements.



ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6197

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Senate Labor & Commerce (originally sponsored by Senators Hunt, Saldaña, Conway, Nobles, and Valdez)

READ FIRST TIME 02/04/26.

AN ACT Relating to enforcement of plumbing contractor requirements; amending RCW 18.106.270 ; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 18.106.270 and 2020 c 153 s 19 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) A person found to have committed an infraction under RCW 18.106.020 shall be assessed a minimum monetary penalty of (( one hundred dollars )) $100 for the first infraction. A contractor found to have committed an infraction under RCW 18.106.020 must be assessed a minimum monetary penalty of (( five hundred dollars )) $500 for the first infraction. The maximum penalty for an infraction under RCW 18.106.020 must not exceed (( five thousand dollars )) $5,000 for a second or subsequent infraction. The department shall set by rule a schedule of penalties for infractions imposed under this chapter.