---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certifying corrections officers."
description: "Certifying corrections officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2499"
citation: "Washington HB 2499 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONS", "DEPARTMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION", "CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appleton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92a5c174-4e74-422f-8b28-3ebd15d248de"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2499&year=2019"
source_hash: "dd5866335332cde70b698c35c90426443164809117c5637e3e60a74f557a0c74"
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 2499 (2019-2020) — Certifying corrections officers.

## 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/2499.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2499-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2499-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#11) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#39) — **27–22** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appleton — primary (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-11** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-06** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-11** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-11** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-27** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 119, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-28T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-11T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-11T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 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
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/92a5c174-4e74-422f-8b28-3ebd15d248de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).