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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requiring a public hearing before a local government may remove a restrictive covenant from land owned by the local government."
+description: "Requiring a public hearing before a local government may remove a restrictive covenant from land owned by the local government."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1959"
+citation: "Washington HB 1959 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["NAMED ACTS", "PUBLIC LANDS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harmsworth"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-06"
+last_action: "2017-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9ea253d-f733-4745-95e2-69a281fe0d67"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1959&year=2017"
+source_hash: "cb3b6feece4c8074859bc0cbb6fcfb308a6b0719bd01ece1c9c26c224b3200fc"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 1959 (2017-2018) — Requiring a public hearing before a local government may remove a restrictive covenant from land owned by the local government.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1959.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **45–2** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#38) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harmsworth — primary (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)
+- Young — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-06** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-15** LG - Majority; do pass.
+- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
+- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading suspension calendar.
+- **2017-02-27** Committee recommendations adopted.
+- **2017-02-27** Placed on third reading.
+- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-16** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
+- **2017-03-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-25** Chapter 119, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-04-25** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9ea253d-f733-4745-95e2-69a281fe0d67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+