---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning nonfirearm measures to increase school safety and student well-being."
description: "Concerning nonfirearm measures to increase school safety and student well-being."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1216"
citation: "Washington HB 1216 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE", "JOINT", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "STUDIES", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES", "FIRST RESPONDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dolan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5907e367-0893-49f7-be59-2b1313052e46"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1216&year=2019"
source_hash: "d1721f8bdf155c6b71849d9d239457364f213a81f017dda8a56ec8d116ed3355"
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 1216 (2019-2020) — Concerning nonfirearm measures to increase school safety and student well-being.

## 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/1216.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1216-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1216-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **81–15** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#1) — **83–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dolan — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-07** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-07** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-07** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-07** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-08** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 81; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 333, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-04T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-22T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-08T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/5907e367-0893-49f7-be59-2b1313052e46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).