---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising the lease terms for managing first-class unplatted tidelands and shorelands."
description: "Revising the lease terms for managing first-class unplatted tidelands and shorelands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1849"
citation: "Washington HB 1849 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC LANDS", "SHORELINES AND SHORELINE MANAGEMENT", "NATURAL RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lekanoff"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d84acf86-a8e8-40b9-a6c3-73cb61600067"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1849&year=2019"
source_hash: "ac0a9f44cf046560b55b95ecf7874ec0d8c12880b188f432a296c01c89931dad"
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 1849 (2019-2020) — Revising the lease terms for managing first-class unplatted tidelands and shorelands.

## 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/1849.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1849-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1849-S.htm)

## Votes

- 343 Walsh Pg 1 Ln 23 (#5) — **40–58** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lekanoff — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-21** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Chapter 131, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-24** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-02T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks 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/d84acf86-a8e8-40b9-a6c3-73cb61600067`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).