---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting information relating to the regulation of explosives from public disclosure."
description: "Exempting information relating to the regulation of explosives from public disclosure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1673"
citation: "Washington HB 1673 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC RECORDS EXEMPTIONS ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE", "EXPLOSIVES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecb5492a-cee1-43b9-96b0-88c9e1e9792e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1673&year=2019"
source_hash: "42fcd7332ccb20667d6ed9649ae637b9a03464c975c3428cd446117adf2bcff3"
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 1673 (2019-2020) — Exempting information relating to the regulation of explosives from public disclosure.

## 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/1673.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#11) — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steele — primary (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Goehner — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Chapter 125, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-15T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-22T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-27T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections 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/ecb5492a-cee1-43b9-96b0-88c9e1e9792e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).