---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the Washington state office of equity."
description: "Creating the Washington state office of equity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1783"
citation: "Washington HB 1783 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "GOVERNOR", "LEGISLATURE", "MINORITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregerson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 68
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2020-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e46ff889-dd40-4ea8-877c-c5b4c8dc2fcd"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1783&year=2019"
source_hash: "4e28244326e01b6d4241eb53b80a0d32815eba9990e71b14c2ea74eb7fe0fdce"
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 1783 (2019-2020) — Creating the Washington state office of equity.

## 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/1783.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1783-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1783-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1783-S.htm)

## Votes

- 1293 Padden Pg 6 Ln 26 (#28) — **21–28** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#29) — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- 1296 Warnick Pg 6 Ln 21 (#27) — **21–27** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **56–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gregerson — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Entenman — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mead — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-13** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-13** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-14** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-01-20** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-13** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-13** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-13** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-14** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-01-20** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-14** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-01-20** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-20** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-01-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-01-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-01-23** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-27** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-03** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2020-04-03** Chapter 332, 2020 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2020-04-03** Effective date 6/11/2020*. `became-law`
- **2019-02-06T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-13T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-13T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-28T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/e46ff889-dd40-4ea8-877c-c5b4c8dc2fcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).