---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making 2019-2021 biennium operating appropriations."
description: "Making 2019-2021 biennium operating appropriations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1109"
citation: "Washington HB 1109 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ormsby"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 24
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54c899f7-597e-4a30-b784-0a074c8f0566"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1109&year=2019"
source_hash: "55cbf6f229dcb21a0ef3e7a1e432b78e0385ec82a6177a83226b7fa27f8b5667"
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 1109 (2019-2020) — Making 2019-2021 biennium operating appropriations.

## 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/1109.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1109-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1109-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#35) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- 503 Zeiger Pg 122 Ln 10 (#10) — **21–27** (fail) · upper
- 492 Stokesbary Pg 39 Ln 24 (#3) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 481 Stokesbary Pg 60 Ln 33 (#4) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 472 Caldier Pg 210 Ln 3 (#8) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 466 Mosbrucker Pg 120 Ln 27 (#6) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 481 Brown Pg 13 Ln 22 (#7) — **20–27** (fail) · upper
- 457 Holy Pg 267 Ln 21 (#13) — **23–25** (fail) · upper
- 479 Schoesler Pg 260 Ln 23 (#12) — **21–27** (fail) · upper
- 489 Padden Pg 42 Ln 32 (#8) — **21–26** (fail) · upper
- 491 Shea Pg 86 Ln 14 (#5) — **39–55** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage (#13) — **56–38** (pass) · lower
- 469 Schoesler Pg 13 Ln 22 (#6) — **22–25** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **31–17** (pass) · upper
- 456 MacEwen Pg 303 Ln 19 (#10) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 465 Young Pg 303 Ln 19 (#11) — **39–56** (fail) · lower
- 477 Schoesler Pg 179 Ln 15 (#11) — **23–25** (fail) · upper
- 493 Rivers Pg 2 Ln 4 (#5) — **21–26** (fail) · upper
- 480 Stokesbary Pg 11 Ln 17 (#2) — **45–50** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#15) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- 468 Harris Pg 211 Ln 25 (#9) — **40–54** (fail) · lower
- 471 Caldier Pg 208 Ln 9 (#7) — **46–48** (fail) · lower
- 489 Shea Pg 330 Ln 16 (#12) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 487 Walsh Pg 75 Ln 14 (#9) — **22–26** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ormsby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-28** Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-29** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-27** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-28** Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-29** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-29** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-29** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **2019-03-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-03** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-03** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** House refuses to concur in the Senate amendments. Asks Senate for Conference thereon.
- **2019-04-26** Conference committee appointed. Representatives Ormsby, Robinson, Stokesbary.
- **2019-04-26** Conference committee request granted.
- **2019-04-26** Conference committee appointed. Senators Braun, Frockt, Rolfes.
- **2019-04-27** Conference committee report; received 3:15 PM 4/27/2019.
- **2019-04-27** Conference committee report; received 3:30 PM 4/27/2019.
- **2019-04-28** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2019-04-28** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- **2019-04-28** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2019-04-28** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 415, 2019 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 5/21/2019*. `became-law`
- **2019-01-14T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-25T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-27T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-02T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-01-16T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54c899f7-597e-4a30-b784-0a074c8f0566`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).