---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning bail jumping."
description: "Concerning bail jumping."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2231"
citation: "Washington HB 2231 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BAIL AND BAIL BONDS", "CRIMES", "SENTENCING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pellicciotti"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-12-11"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9ce9643-0103-4a44-8e14-8c726ad8bbb2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2231&year=2019"
source_hash: "c15727178e63df52ebfd2d32ee37ebadd8cd6829e818d2d0e0dd4ed8a5b3c440"
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 2231 (2019-2020) — Concerning bail jumping.

## 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/2231.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2231-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2231-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **26–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **54–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pellicciotti — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-11** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-30** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 53; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 19, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-14T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 03:30 PM
- **2020-01-30T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9ce9643-0103-4a44-8e14-8c726ad8bbb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).