---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving procedures and strengthening laws relating to protection orders, no-contact orders, and restraining orders."
description: "Improving procedures and strengthening laws relating to protection orders, no-contact orders, and restraining orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1786"
citation: "Washington HB 1786 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ORDERS OF COURT", "FIREARMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jinkins"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffa5550a-e6d4-4fa4-b0b2-724d521632fa"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1786&year=2019"
source_hash: "16708b1131cf28da7af5c64f9f00c5e8f840e055e2b5c00031dfdda41b97fec5"
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 1786 (2019-2020) — Improving procedures and strengthening laws relating to protection orders, no-contact orders, and restraining orders.

## 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/1786.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1786-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — **25–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#24) — **56–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jinkins — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — 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 Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-20** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-13** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 54; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** 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 245, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-08T15:00:00+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
- **2019-03-25T14:00:00+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/ffa5550a-e6d4-4fa4-b0b2-724d521632fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).