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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning gold star license plates."
+description: "Concerning gold star license plates."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 1197"
+citation: "Washington HB 1197 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["MILITARY", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-16"
+last_action: "2019-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8dedc4b-fa32-46cb-9a27-20de7fee9a57"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1197&year=2019"
+source_hash: "1fe74f840be9f67ffb1e9607bf30617d77c8e04c3c138e3de85ec39a5c3931ec"
+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 1197 (2019-2020) — Concerning gold star license plates.
+
+## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1197.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1197-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#4) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#29) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Riccelli — primary (person)
+- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
+- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
+- Blake — cosponsor (person)
+- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
+- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
+- Fey — cosponsor (person)
+- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
+- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
+- Maycumber — cosponsor (person)
+- Mead — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
+- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Sells — cosponsor (person)
+- Shea — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
+- Volz — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-04** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2019-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2019-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-02-20** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2019-02-04** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2019-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2019-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-02-20** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2019-02-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-02-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-21** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
+- **2019-04-02** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
+- **2019-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
+- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2019-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-30** Chapter 210, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
+- **2019-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
+- **2019-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
+- **2019-03-26T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
+- **2019-04-02T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8dedc4b-fa32-46cb-9a27-20de7fee9a57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+