---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning gift cards."
description: "Concerning gift cards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1727"
citation: "Washington HB 1727 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "SALES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e6ce46d-0141-44b3-a835-529951027593"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1727&year=2019"
source_hash: "7bafbaa3fadb76b59d2516820ddbb4b515de5d5129a10473f44d43a6a27103a8"
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 1727 (2019-2020) — Concerning gift cards.

## 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/1727.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#15) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **44–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walen — primary (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** CPB - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-08** 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, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** FIET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 0; 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 376, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-06T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-12T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-19T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade 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/1e6ce46d-0141-44b3-a835-529951027593`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).