---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning consumer debt."
description: "Concerning consumer debt."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1602"
citation: "Washington HB 1602 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JUDGMENTS", "CONSUMER PROTECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/248da9f2-55dc-4622-961a-e872647e0a36"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1602&year=2019"
source_hash: "680915ea6968630cf1613452c3e10bbe4239e63f782036c17b5423f55f17b70b"
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 1602 (2019-2020) — Concerning consumer debt.

## 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/1602.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1602-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#27) — **67–27** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#34) — **72–22** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **44–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-15** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-15** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-15** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-19** 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, 72; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** 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, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 67; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 371, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-15T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-14T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice 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/248da9f2-55dc-4622-961a-e872647e0a36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).