---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning breed-based dog regulations."
description: "Concerning breed-based dog regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1026"
citation: "Washington HB 1026 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-06"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7261018-c6c2-4e0e-86f7-9e76fe8a247c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1026&year=2019"
source_hash: "4ac6df722ac4a07df9799a832248899a19d160dc20246fd1efe63e22e464959f"
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 1026 (2019-2020) — Concerning breed-based dog regulations.

## 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/1026.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **25–23** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#25) — **66–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appleton — primary (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** PS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **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 199, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 1/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-01-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM
- **2019-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-21T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 09:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7261018-c6c2-4e0e-86f7-9e76fe8a247c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).