---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning certain public facilities district's authorization to acquire, construct, own, remodel, maintain, equip, reequip, repair, finance, and operate one or more recreational facilities other than a ski area with voter approval."
description: "Concerning certain public facilities district's authorization to acquire, construct, own, remodel, maintain, equip, reequip, repair, finance, and operate one or more recreational facilities other than a ski area with voter approval."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1499"
citation: "Washington HB 1499 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OUTDOOR RECREATION", "PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jenkin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4fcb943-fc04-4d75-9d86-edc2d20056f6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1499&year=2019"
source_hash: "d4fdb96cb2b310329d17d862544d8f73e872321e6089e07dbd9ed4f76d603b79"
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 1499 (2019-2020) — Concerning certain public facilities district's authorization to acquire, construct, own, remodel, maintain, equip, reequip, repair, finance, and operate one or more recreational facilities other than a ski area with voter approval.

## 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/1499.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **37–11** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage without Senate Amendments (#11) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#14) — **89–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jenkin — primary (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** 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, 89; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-25** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2019-04-25** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 341, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T15:00:00+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
- **2019-03-21T12:00:00+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/e4fcb943-fc04-4d75-9d86-edc2d20056f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).