---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning access of broadcasters to a geographic area subject to the declaration of a national, state, or local emergency."
description: "Concerning access of broadcasters to a geographic area subject to the declaration of a national, state, or local emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1147"
citation: "Washington HB 1147 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY", "STATE OF", "NEWS MEDIA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddc54770-05bb-4b4d-9a01-ab234a136345"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1147&year=2019"
source_hash: "ef7d00ea60a2a455d7cb24224a8c51a0308f9df88520d1e849676fb8b16bfcc5"
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 1147 (2019-2020) — Concerning access of broadcasters to a geographic area subject to the declaration of a national, state, or local emergency.

## 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/1147.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#17) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chapman — primary (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** First reading, referred to Housing, Community Development & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** HOUS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `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 207, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-29T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-15T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddc54770-05bb-4b4d-9a01-ab234a136345`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).