---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a statewide environmental sustainability education program."
description: "Establishing a statewide environmental sustainability education program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2811"
citation: "Washington HB 2811 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/287c03b1-268f-43ee-acf8-3a7b1caf6e30"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2811&year=2019"
source_hash: "05786b2cd29dc638a13d1ccef9ed099b259a31e51f0e4a5190ce177b7c468e84"
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 2811 (2019-2020) — Establishing a statewide environmental sustainability education program.

## 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/2811.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2811.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Johnson — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mead — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-03** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-03** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 292, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-30T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-03T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **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/287c03b1-268f-43ee-acf8-3a7b1caf6e30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).