---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting information concerning agency employees who have filed a claim of harassment or stalking."
description: "Protecting information concerning agency employees who have filed a claim of harassment or stalking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1692"
citation: "Washington HB 1692 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RECORDS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "CIVIL PROCEDURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jinkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1ec9e19-a800-4325-a7a4-36b63a10a3b9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1692&year=2019"
source_hash: "157f4874936f846da3b98b77a7bbcaa48561ce701d6f2347c1127b913ee4b3d3"
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 1692 (2019-2020) — Protecting information concerning agency employees who have filed a claim of harassment or stalking.

## 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/1692.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1692-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1692-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#53) — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#4) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jinkins — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — 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`
- **2019-02-19** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-19** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-15** 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, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** 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 373, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-19T18:30:00+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
- **2019-03-29T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-08T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/b1ec9e19-a800-4325-a7a4-36b63a10a3b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).