---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the financing of Chehalis basin flood damage reduction and habitat restoration projects."
description: "Concerning the financing of Chehalis basin flood damage reduction and habitat restoration projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1154"
citation: "Washington HB 1154 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RIVERS AND STREAMS", "FLOOD CONTROL", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "BONDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBolt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3febc163-016b-4eb5-832b-941a0bf5eeb2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1154&year=2019"
source_hash: "f8089a05596c174febfe6e9be78eca37051ec3af0799d16110db53941179cb2b"
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 1154 (2019-2020) — Concerning the financing of Chehalis basin flood damage reduction and habitat restoration projects.

## 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/1154.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1154-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#55) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeBolt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** First reading, referred to Capital Budget. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-02-10** CB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-10** CB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2020-03-12** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2020-03-12** Rules suspended.
- **2020-03-12** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2020-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-12** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-31** Chapter 221, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-31** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-02-04T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-10T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-26T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/3febc163-016b-4eb5-832b-941a0bf5eeb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).