---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring debt collection complaints to be filed prior to service of summons and complaint."
description: "Requiring debt collection complaints to be filed prior to service of summons and complaint."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1066"
citation: "Washington HB 1066 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "CIVIL PROCEDURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilduff"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-24"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb82de46-fcbf-4799-9cc2-4c519c85cb46"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1066&year=2019"
source_hash: "9e595c81364d610ee80cad02f214b7cff731a75c091cd61e2b5b21653105ec4e"
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 1066 (2019-2020) — Requiring debt collection complaints to be filed prior to service of summons and complaint.

## 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/1066.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#10) — **59–37** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **31–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kilduff — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-24** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-25** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Chapter 201, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-16T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-25T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-25T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-14T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice 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/fb82de46-fcbf-4799-9cc2-4c519c85cb46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).