---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning appliance efficiency standards."
description: "Concerning appliance efficiency standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1444"
citation: "Washington HB 1444 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS", "HEATING AND HEATERS", "ENERGY", "APPLIANCES", "PLUMBERS AND PLUMBING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morris"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b96f0c1-a95c-43c7-af73-264a93dd9e88"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1444&year=2019"
source_hash: "d7ce96327537b5c32e805e7a7d005206dcb6f53487942ab5f1b0ac8e5323456c"
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 1444 (2019-2020) — Concerning appliance efficiency standards.

## 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/1444.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1444-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1444-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#28) — **26–22** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#34) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **55–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Morris — primary (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-12** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-07** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-12** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 55; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 286, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy 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
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-14T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 AM
- **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/3b96f0c1-a95c-43c7-af73-264a93dd9e88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).