---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating pumped storage projects located in a county bordering the Columbia river utilizing statutorily authorized water rights to be projects of statewide significance."
description: "Designating pumped storage projects located in a county bordering the Columbia river utilizing statutorily authorized water rights to be projects of statewide significance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2819"
citation: "Washington HB 2819 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mosbrucker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bb179a3-8067-46af-b532-07505e41eb36"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2819&year=2019"
source_hash: "983c97b2b2cf41e8322cde13547cce9df9c6f667f61853d70d93a8d8d406a9bf"
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 2819 (2019-2020) — Designating pumped storage projects located in a county bordering the Columbia river utilizing statutorily authorized water rights to be projects of statewide significance.

## 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/2819.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2819.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41) — **43–5** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#47) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mosbrucker — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Chandler — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Hoff — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** ENVI - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-18** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; 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** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 46, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-02-03T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 03:30 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
- **2020-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks 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/6bb179a3-8067-46af-b532-07505e41eb36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).