---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the effect of payment or acknowledgment made after the expiration of a limitations period."
description: "Concerning the effect of payment or acknowledgment made after the expiration of a limitations period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1730"
citation: "Washington HB 1730 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7d0ee9e-7fbb-4a06-8170-b1f787440ae3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1730&year=2019"
source_hash: "91f90050a50de14b6acd56d15b72da3e3d92a2acfd3d6b848923b7a3da914b15"
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 1730 (2019-2020) — Concerning the effect of payment or acknowledgment made after the expiration of a limitations period.

## 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/1730.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#20) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#36) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#36) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walen — primary (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; 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).
- **2019-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-03** Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-15** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-15** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 377, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-15T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 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/b7d0ee9e-7fbb-4a06-8170-b1f787440ae3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).