---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning identifying and responding to bias-based criminal offenses."
description: "Concerning identifying and responding to bias-based criminal offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1732"
citation: "Washington HB 1732 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valdez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54107488-5379-429b-b9ce-749ba77ddbce"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1732&year=2019"
source_hash: "6e2804b8e3cf836f2e75ba79c851714e743cebb7da29a74f1a031c7eb48f7e90"
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 1732 (2019-2020) — Concerning identifying and responding to bias-based criminal offenses.

## 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/1732.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1732-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1732-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **35–11** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#39) — **85–12** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#37) — **73–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valdez — primary (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Entenman — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-19** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **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, 85; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 73; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 271, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-12T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T14:00:00+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/54107488-5379-429b-b9ce-749ba77ddbce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).