---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the program establishing Christmas tree grower licensure."
description: "Extending the program establishing Christmas tree grower licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1146"
citation: "Washington HB 1146 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOREST PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MacEwen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2131f54-45d1-4974-abb0-12876c0df47d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1146&year=2019"
source_hash: "2f67168168cceb439afa8ec0fd747673efa9078848be5cad2d01a931e3f57d56"
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 1146 (2019-2020) — Extending the program establishing Christmas tree grower licensure.

## 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/1146.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#2) — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MacEwen — primary (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** RDAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 7. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; 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 206, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-22T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
- **2019-01-29T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-26T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-02T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks 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/e2131f54-45d1-4974-abb0-12876c0df47d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).