---
type: "Bill"
title: "Streamlining the permitting process for disposing of dredged materials."
description: "Streamlining the permitting process for disposing of dredged materials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1480"
citation: "Washington HB 1480 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SHORELINES AND SHORELINE MANAGEMENT", "NATURAL RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT", "SOLID WASTE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d6dc87a-a750-413d-9857-1eab842ee63c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1480&year=2019"
source_hash: "52d4b2d413510ca378d881205649eb78797d48f69e8bd060c7cb1394f7bb246f"
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 1480 (2019-2020) — Streamlining the permitting process for disposing of dredged materials.

## 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/1480.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1480-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#30) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fey — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-19** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** ENET - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; 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 225, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d6dc87a-a750-413d-9857-1eab842ee63c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).