---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing an aggravating circumstance for assault against a utility worker."
description: "Providing an aggravating circumstance for assault against a utility worker."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1380"
citation: "Washington HB 1380 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "SENTENCING", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pellicciotti"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee4b4382-abb6-4f25-816d-4278448ff00d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1380&year=2019"
source_hash: "f8bbcd0e50a4693627f7b6afc155b147b5b3078dec9e3dedfe45c5ba340bb867"
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 1380 (2019-2020) — Providing an aggravating circumstance for assault against a utility worker.

## 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/1380.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#17) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pellicciotti — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** PS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-07** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** 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 219, 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 Public Safety at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-14T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice 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/ee4b4382-abb6-4f25-816d-4278448ff00d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).