---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing minimum crew size on certain trains."
description: "Establishing minimum crew size on certain trains."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1841"
citation: "Washington HB 1841 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HAZARDOUS MATERIALS", "RAILROADS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b2f082e-2b49-44d0-b632-da7c966c8701"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1841&year=2019"
source_hash: "de55ffe5b9efb9b366a92ad98c19fe9ae0af0b89589a430f568cbc9214b7bca8"
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 1841 (2019-2020) — Establishing minimum crew size on certain trains.

## 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/1841.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **65–30** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **64–33** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#62) — **34–15** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#4) — **72–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Riccelli — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Chandler — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Entenman — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hoff — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkin — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- McCaslin — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-15** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-17** Held on second reading.
- **2019-04-28** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-01-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 64; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-27** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 170, 2020 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-04-02T17:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 01:00 PM
- **2020-02-20T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2020-02-25T17:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 12:00 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b2f082e-2b49-44d0-b632-da7c966c8701`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).