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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning device registration, civil penalties, and service agent registration for the weights and measures program."
+description: "Concerning device registration, civil penalties, and service agent registration for the weights and measures program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 1298"
+citation: "Washington HB 1298 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT", "AGRICULTURE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pettigrew"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-18"
+last_action: "2019-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8745c4e9-e344-4429-8dea-e0e4395bd603"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1298&year=2019"
+source_hash: "ac7e3fd240bad05eafec230607485873c4c8fcc009658dffdaabaa77da065e06"
+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 1298 (2019-2020) — Concerning device registration, civil penalties, and service agent registration for the weights and measures program.
+
+## 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/1298.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1298-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#29) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pettigrew — primary (person)
+- Blake — cosponsor (person)
+- Chandler — cosponsor (person)
+- Kretz — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-18** First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-01** RDAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2019-02-05** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2019-02-25** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
+- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources.
+- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2019-02-01** RDAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2019-02-05** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2019-02-25** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
+- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources.
+- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
+- **2019-04-02** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
+- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
+- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-17** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2019-04-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-23** Chapter 96, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2019-04-23** Effective date 7/1/2019. `became-law`
+- **2019-01-25T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
+- **2019-02-01T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
+- **2019-02-20T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
+- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
+- **2019-03-26T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
+- **2019-04-02T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8745c4e9-e344-4429-8dea-e0e4395bd603`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+