---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting scleral tattooing."
description: "Prohibiting scleral tattooing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1856"
citation: "Washington HB 1856 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "TATTOOING AND TATTOO ARTISTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tharinger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24bc71c8-bbf6-49c6-b322-080a2de1948b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1856&year=2019"
source_hash: "6569e50adb3743a7e7f71f94e21e3eda1c3d514a1263124669b3b4ea1ba8588c"
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 1856 (2019-2020) — Prohibiting scleral tattooing.

## 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/1856.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1856-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#16) — **94–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tharinger — primary (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)
- DeBolt — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mead — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Sutherland — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-22** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter 307, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-22T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-25T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care 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/24bc71c8-bbf6-49c6-b322-080a2de1948b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).