---
type: "Bill"
title: "Encouraging low-water landscaping practices as a drought alleviation tool."
description: "Encouraging low-water landscaping practices as a drought alleviation tool."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1165"
citation: "Washington HB 1165 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "WATER", "FIRE PROTECTION", "BUILDINGS", "STATE", "PUBLIC WORKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4045879e-ea84-4d3d-9222-273a504252eb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1165&year=2019"
source_hash: "110db08af507fcdd503b4b426d0b8657e8dfb5b879024ea7ed3334560160ca4b"
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 1165 (2019-2020) — Encouraging low-water landscaping practices as a drought alleviation tool.

## 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/1165.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orwall — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** RDAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Capital Budget.
- **2019-02-26** CB - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** CB - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-01-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-01-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 9, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `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
- **2019-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-28T18:30:00+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/4045879e-ea84-4d3d-9222-273a504252eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).