---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing consistency and efficiency in the regulation of auctioneers and auction companies, engineering and land surveying, real estate, funeral directors, and cosmetology."
description: "Providing consistency and efficiency in the regulation of auctioneers and auction companies, engineering and land surveying, real estate, funeral directors, and cosmetology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1176"
citation: "Washington HB 1176 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HUMAN REMAINS", "BUSINESSES", "PROFESSIONS", "STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "REVENUE", "DEPARTMENT", "REAL ESTATE AND REAL PROPERTY", "LICENSING", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hoff"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce57744a-e543-4ef9-b659-42da912c4384"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1176&year=2019"
source_hash: "25224da4a1fdcbbfeee67f18ac1bc8cff01a4876da38b63bd4867afe3f9ae0da"
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 1176 (2019-2020) — Providing consistency and efficiency in the regulation of auctioneers and auction companies, engineering and land surveying, real estate, funeral directors, and cosmetology.

## 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/1176.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#40) — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hoff — primary (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-23** CPB - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 442, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-23T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM
- **2019-01-22T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-14T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-14T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce57744a-e543-4ef9-b659-42da912c4384`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).