---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning public accounting services."
description: "Concerning public accounting services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1208"
citation: "Washington HB 1208 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTANTS AND ACCOUNTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de1acc84-9291-483f-a169-1e7c42b9f984"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1208&year=2019"
source_hash: "892c00b339e73fead2b156b73090da8d1abb4cb1372741904d28896b2f380f2f"
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 1208 (2019-2020) — Concerning public accounting services.

## 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/1208.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#8) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vick — primary (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** CPB - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-04** 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`
- **2019-03-26** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter 71, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019*. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM
- **2019-01-30T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-26T12:30:00+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/de1acc84-9291-483f-a169-1e7c42b9f984`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).