---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the authority of the parks and recreation commission to approve leases."
description: "Concerning the authority of the parks and recreation commission to approve leases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2601"
citation: "Washington HB 2601 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PARKS", "PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tharinger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12ac5121-4e1b-4bfb-aaa1-170235c2b048"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2601&year=2019"
source_hash: "c08b0d95fb443c719cf0924c3cae4adb940b01f3791628731fb63bb657d87fb0"
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 2601 (2019-2020) — Concerning the authority of the parks and recreation commission to approve leases.

## 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/2601.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#45) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tharinger — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Housing, Community Development & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** HOUS - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Capital Budget.
- **2020-02-10** CB - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-25** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-29** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-29** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** 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, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 2. `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 123, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-29T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 08:00 AM
- **2020-01-31T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-10T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-10T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-28T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12ac5121-4e1b-4bfb-aaa1-170235c2b048`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).