---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the lease or rental of surplus property of school districts."
description: "Concerning the lease or rental of surplus property of school districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2617"
citation: "Washington HB 2617 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/861cdef5-4864-4033-af3b-ed66bf4ab5f7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2617&year=2019"
source_hash: "c544f2076d6bc229518adaca643312629e0ac17f4c092a18f38595c5aa322f8f"
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 2617 (2019-2020) — Concerning the lease or rental of surplus property of school 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/2617.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#52) — **38–10** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **70–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** ED - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-10** 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, 70; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 40, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-21T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/861cdef5-4864-4033-af3b-ed66bf4ab5f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).