---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the appointment of religious coordinators."
description: "Concerning the appointment of religious coordinators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1485"
citation: "Washington HB 1485 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS", "CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lekanoff"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9efe512e-2313-4395-99b9-33f6650eb9c6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1485&year=2019"
source_hash: "e60d7b55150d35967f9c9919a8dd4288272ada15f708ada483ffc2a03d3c5e6a"
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 1485 (2019-2020) — Concerning the appointment of religious coordinators.

## 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/1485.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1485-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **34–12** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#29) — **70–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lekanoff — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Entenman — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-13** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-13** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-13** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 70; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 4. `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.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 12; 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 107, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-23** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-06T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-13T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **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/9efe512e-2313-4395-99b9-33f6650eb9c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).