---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning contracts for dogs and cats."
description: "Concerning contracts for dogs and cats."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1476"
citation: "Washington HB 1476 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2c5a352-343c-40b3-b45b-7093bd8d1995"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1476&year=2019"
source_hash: "e4b8b307940c1e408b4f43fe666264822e7bebb605c4a55057ab909a113e5d9b"
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 1476 (2019-2020) — Concerning contracts for dogs and cats.

## 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/1476.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1476-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **56–40** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#28) — **38–7** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#8) — **53–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stanford — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Consumer Protection & Business.
- **2019-02-20** CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-20** CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** LBRC - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-21** And refer to Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Referred to Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade.
- **2019-04-02** FIET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 56; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 340, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-13T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-21T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-28T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2c5a352-343c-40b3-b45b-7093bd8d1995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).