---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning exemptions for infill development under the state environmental policy act."
description: "Concerning exemptions for infill development under the state environmental policy act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2673"
citation: "Washington HB 2673 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GROWTH MANAGEMENT", "ENVIRONMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barkis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a24c139-c05b-41b0-a183-80356c9a4eeb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2673&year=2019"
source_hash: "5bb3af613b7f323d68f86a1acee42b5ac8aaa2ccc1cfebe87062ef64eecb4599"
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 2673 (2019-2020) — Concerning exemptions for infill development under the state environmental policy act.

## 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/2673.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2673-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#55) — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barkis — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Dufault — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Hoff — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkin — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-04** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** First reading, referred to Housing Stability & Affordability. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** HSA - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** 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, 43; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-19** Chapter 87, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-19** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-30T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-28T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 08:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a24c139-c05b-41b0-a183-80356c9a4eeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).