---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting United States food and drug administration nonpublic information from disclosure under the state public disclosure act."
description: "Exempting United States food and drug administration nonpublic information from disclosure under the state public disclosure act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1385"
citation: "Washington HB 1385 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUGS", "RECORDS", "FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e871d29-4422-44a0-b0fe-75b2f5227384"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1385&year=2019"
source_hash: "1c44da0190d9f469b400f1d3761886d1a1b8496d4ac794ed751b04d6c06878a4"
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 1385 (2019-2020) — Exempting United States food and drug administration nonpublic information from disclosure under the state public disclosure act.

## 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/1385.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#5) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Springer — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Chandler — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kretz — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** RDAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-14** 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, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-15** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 337, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-01T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-08T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-11T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-15T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections 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/0e871d29-4422-44a0-b0fe-75b2f5227384`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).