---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing the amount of permits required for recreation at a sno-park."
description: "Reducing the amount of permits required for recreation at a sno-park."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1953"
citation: "Washington HB 1953 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OUTDOOR RECREATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b2a034d-9107-4e6e-91f0-014a11bcc5ed"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1953&year=2019"
source_hash: "25919e596ee57b14383cb19ffdd49de2caa642e2a33df07045049ff7df12c6aa"
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 1953 (2019-2020) — Reducing the amount of permits required for recreation at a sno-park.

## 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/1953.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1953-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#47) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#16) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corry — primary (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hoff — cosponsor (person)
- McCaslin — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** First reading, referred to Housing, Community Development & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-22** HOUS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** AWNP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **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`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter 175, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-19T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-22T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-21T17:30:00+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/8b2a034d-9107-4e6e-91f0-014a11bcc5ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).