---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning cooperation between conservation districts."
description: "Concerning cooperation between conservation districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1426"
citation: "Washington HB 1426 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSERVATION", "PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a5703f4-6031-4581-83e1-f09f48108eaa"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1426&year=2019"
source_hash: "75ff5298e3999bd0f7b5ea054f0340116efa43e51e14d17bb0b425ea22708dcc"
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 1426 (2019-2020) — Concerning cooperation between conservation districts.

## 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/1426.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#12) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mead — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** LG - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **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`
- **2019-04-17** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-23** Chapter 103, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-23** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-08T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-13T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a5703f4-6031-4581-83e1-f09f48108eaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).