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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the authority of the director of the department of agriculture with respect to certain examinations and examination fees."
+description: "Concerning the authority of the director of the department of agriculture with respect to certain examinations and examination fees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 2624"
+citation: "Washington HB 2624 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PEST CONTROL AND PESTICIDES", "NAMED ACTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Shewmake"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-16"
+last_action: "2020-03-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/639e2b66-6621-461a-a4a1-a75a520f10f9"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2624&year=2019"
+source_hash: "56bd9455ccce803aaae5dffa9f6cedfb4903a6a78e05e0fd432b871dbcf34a29"
+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 2624 (2019-2020) — Concerning the authority of the director of the department of agriculture with respect to certain examinations and examination fees.
+
+## 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/2624.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#43) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Shewmake — primary (person)
+- Blake — cosponsor (person)
+- Dent — cosponsor (person)
+- Kretz — cosponsor (person)
+- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-31** RDAN - Majority; do pass.
+- **2020-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-28** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
+- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
+- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **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 180, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
+- **2020-01-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
+- **2020-01-31T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
+- **2020-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-28T18:30:00+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/639e2b66-6621-461a-a4a1-a75a520f10f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+