---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limiting liability for registered apiarists."
description: "Limiting liability for registered apiarists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1133"
citation: "Washington HB 1133 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/394b7477-4267-4754-9baa-1f2dd56e93a9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1133&year=2019"
source_hash: "aba0b7a55fc2fdbc46a1deffd6d372f78483a430b09dc25acf1170f4ae0cfaff"
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 1133 (2019-2020) — Limiting liability for registered apiarists.

## 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/1133.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#9) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peterson — primary (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- McCaslin — cosponsor (person)
- Shea — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-04** 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, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-20** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 257, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-01T15:00:00+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/394b7477-4267-4754-9baa-1f2dd56e93a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).