---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a self-exclusion program for persons with a gambling problem or gambling disorder."
description: "Creating a self-exclusion program for persons with a gambling problem or gambling disorder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1302"
citation: "Washington HB 1302 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "GAMBLING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kloba"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35e077ff-35f4-4388-806e-9e90eb19cbf1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1302&year=2019"
source_hash: "ad0ae4acb3ae037adc794c918ece741dd7c11b671c85fa6969c74cd5e20be04a"
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 1302 (2019-2020) — Creating a self-exclusion program for persons with a gambling problem or gambling disorder.

## 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/1302.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1302-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#30) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kloba — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkin — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Commerce & Gaming.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-04** COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Commerce & Gaming.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-19** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **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** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Chapter 213, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-04T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-20T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-18T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T12:30:00+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/35e077ff-35f4-4388-806e-9e90eb19cbf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).