---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the expiration date of certain state fire service mobilization laws."
description: "Modifying the expiration date of certain state fire service mobilization laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1170"
citation: "Washington HB 1170 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 52
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f95362cf-595a-4f2e-8838-33b3ecc5db53"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1170&year=2019"
source_hash: "6c04ec63abe8d8a7e902a3653ba642c2df051e9f52672b0eb947da87e52c4347"
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 1170 (2019-2020) — Modifying the expiration date of certain state fire service mobilization laws.

## 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/1170.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1170-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#7) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#18) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#24) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Griffey — primary (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to Housing, Community Development & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-18** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Housing, Community Development & Veterans.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-30** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-18** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Housing, Community Development & Veterans.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-27** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-09** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections.
- **2019-04-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-17** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** House refuses to concur in the Senate amendments. Asks Senate for Conference thereon.
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee appointed. Representatives Goodman, Griffey, Springer.
- **2019-04-24** Held on third reading.
- **2019-04-25** Conference committee request granted.
- **2019-04-25** Conference committee appointed. Senators Hunt, Hasegawa, Zeiger.
- **2019-04-26** Conference committee report; received 11:20 AM 4/26/2019.
- **2019-04-26** Conference committee report; received 11:26 AM 4/26/2019.
- **2019-04-27** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2019-04-27** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- **2019-04-27** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2019-04-27** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 259, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/1/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2019-01-30T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-18T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-18T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **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
- **2019-03-27T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/f95362cf-595a-4f2e-8838-33b3ecc5db53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).