---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the deannexation of a portion of land from a park and recreation district or metropolitan park district."
description: "Concerning the deannexation of a portion of land from a park and recreation district or metropolitan park district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2044"
citation: "Washington HB 2044 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OUTDOOR RECREATION", "SPECIAL AND SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS", "PARKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/060dc1a6-0e82-48bf-afbc-f074c6ef36ae"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2044&year=2019"
source_hash: "53492f5da93c7a34c87da7ac171a26d434fca30441cf9fb053b88cf05291f8ab"
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 2044 (2019-2020) — Concerning the deannexation of a portion of land from a park and recreation district or metropolitan park district.

## 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/2044.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2044-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38) — **39–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#25) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Senn — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-20** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 8. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-19** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Chapter 138, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-24** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-19T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-14T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-14T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/060dc1a6-0e82-48bf-afbc-f074c6ef36ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).