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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning urban housing supply."
+description: "Concerning urban housing supply."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 2343"
+citation: "Washington HB 2343 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE", "ENVIRONMENT", "ECOLOGY", "DEPARTMENT", "GROWTH MANAGEMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fitzgibbon"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-09"
+last_action: "2020-03-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d8baa46-8ff7-415a-a710-d4a05680371e"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2343&year=2019"
+source_hash: "e7101d66067250c2766ec9658e1c23215d8b171b7c270528177d519b2246ca46"
+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 2343 (2019-2020) — Concerning urban housing supply.
+
+## 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/2343.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2343-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#54) — **36–11** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **92–5** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **93–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fitzgibbon — primary (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Frame — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-28** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2020-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2020-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2020-01-28** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2020-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2020-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2020-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Housing Stability & Affordability. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-28** HSA - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
+- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2020-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 92; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2020-03-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-27** Chapter 173, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
+- **2020-01-16T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-01-28T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 03:30 PM
+- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-28T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 08:30 AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d8baa46-8ff7-415a-a710-d4a05680371e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+