---
type: "Bill"
title: "Encouraging compost procurement and use."
description: "Encouraging compost procurement and use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2713"
citation: "Washington HB 2713 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FARMS AND FARMING", "PUBLIC WORKS", "AGRICULTURE", "DEPARTMENT", "FISH", "FOREST PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS", "SOLID WASTE", "SHELLFISH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a8ebddd-2610-459b-a570-e982924b9a99"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2713&year=2019"
source_hash: "f48d379d5cdf73d810d3cf8c43910d6e8168d70d5c85df09dc38a5902a6e5f5e"
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 2713 (2019-2020) — Encouraging compost procurement and use.

## 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/2713.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2713-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2713-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walen — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Chandler — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Kretz — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by State Government & Tribal Relations.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-07** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by State Government & Tribal Relations.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-27** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Environment, Energy & Technology.
- **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, 0; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 290, 2020 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-25T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-28T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **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/9a8ebddd-2610-459b-a570-e982924b9a99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).