---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making adjustments to the service and filing fees for vehicle subagents and county auditors."
description: "Making adjustments to the service and filing fees for vehicle subagents and county auditors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1789"
citation: "Washington HB 1789 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40e304a2-0958-47db-926e-b7c04a4fe2df"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1789&year=2019"
source_hash: "1b6ae742012d420776b82ba36e77f299aa51d3ef27aa69f87ce564639c1b6bcb"
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 1789 (2019-2020) — Making adjustments to the service and filing fees for vehicle subagents and county auditors.

## 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/1789.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1789.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **42–5** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **85–12** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **85–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fey — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dye — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mead — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** TR - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-25** TR - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2019-04-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-25** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-26** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-27** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-27** Passed final passage; yeas, 85; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 417, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-13T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40e304a2-0958-47db-926e-b7c04a4fe2df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).