---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting personal information."
description: "Protecting personal information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1071"
citation: "Washington HB 1071 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSUMER PROTECTION", "BUSINESSES", "INSURANCE", "COMPUTERS", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kloba"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-31"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55c31f60-2968-40c3-acf2-b4b98ae07cfe"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1071&year=2019"
source_hash: "78fbfa2017f96e63e46a968094da9114f8bb262e52f41bfb9da6795f5f6f8eb4"
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 1071 (2019-2020) — Protecting personal information.

## 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/1071.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1071-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#47) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#22) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kloba — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-31** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Innovation, Technology & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** ITED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-06** ITED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** 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 241, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 3/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-01-16T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-20T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 AM
- **2019-04-08T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/55c31f60-2968-40c3-acf2-b4b98ae07cfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).