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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning contracts for dogs and cats."
+description: "Concerning contracts for dogs and cats."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 1476"
+citation: "Washington HB 1476 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ANIMALS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-23"
+last_action: "2019-05-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2c5a352-343c-40b3-b45b-7093bd8d1995"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1476&year=2019"
+source_hash: "e4b8b307940c1e408b4f43fe666264822e7bebb605c4a55057ab909a113e5d9b"
+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 1476 (2019-2020) — Concerning contracts for dogs and cats.
+
+## 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/1476.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1476-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **56–40** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#28) — **38–7** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#8) — **53–43** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stanford — primary (person)
+- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-31** Committee relieved of further consideration.
+- **2019-01-31** Referred to Consumer Protection & Business.
+- **2019-02-20** CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2019-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2019-03-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2019-03-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2019-02-20** CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2019-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2019-03-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2019-03-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2019-03-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-03-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-21** LBRC - Majority; without recommendation.
+- **2019-03-21** And refer to Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-22** Referred to Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade.
+- **2019-04-02** FIET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-23** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 56; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-09** Chapter 340, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
+- **2019-02-13T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM
+- **2019-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM
+- **2019-03-21T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
+- **2019-03-28T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:00 AM
+- **2019-04-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 09:00 AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2c5a352-343c-40b3-b45b-7093bd8d1995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+