---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the process for prevailing parties to recover judgments in small claims court."
description: "Modifying the process for prevailing parties to recover judgments in small claims court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1048"
citation: "Washington HB 1048 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-14"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca4826f2-ecda-44ea-9b60-2191b753bdb1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1048&year=2019"
source_hash: "b665b072b15ec51b28fafe1a35628d8f236ce42b9d721b9a2c886381a4d8172b"
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 1048 (2019-2020) — Modifying the process for prevailing parties to recover judgments in small claims court.

## 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/1048.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1048-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1048-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#17) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **29–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodman — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-14** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-18** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-18** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-18** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-18** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-18** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-09** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 251, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-15T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-01-18T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-18T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-25T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca4826f2-ecda-44ea-9b60-2191b753bdb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).