---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving openness, accountability, and transparency of special purpose districts."
description: "Improving openness, accountability, and transparency of special purpose districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2588"
citation: "Washington HB 2588 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION", "CONSERVATION", "SPECIAL AND SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS", "AUDITOR", "STATE", "AUDITORS AND AUDITING", "OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pollet"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c91f7819-c9f9-46cc-beba-d0994b8054fa"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2588&year=2019"
source_hash: "6394082b98acb267946f54a1df761f30280e1c49e1ff1a21f6d12ba4d391cb5f"
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 2588 (2019-2020) — Improving openness, accountability, and transparency of special purpose districts.

## 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/2588.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2588-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2588-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#27) — **90–7** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **91–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pollet — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-24** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-24** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-19** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** LGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 90; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 179, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2020-01-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+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/c91f7819-c9f9-46cc-beba-d0994b8054fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).