---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the board of engineers and land surveyors' appointment of its director and agreement with the department of licensing."
description: "Concerning the board of engineers and land surveyors' appointment of its director and agreement with the department of licensing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2833"
citation: "Washington HB 2833 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSING", "DEPARTMENT", "PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hoff"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0087dd67-7ee7-43cc-acbd-1256caf90ec6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2833&year=2019"
source_hash: "5e17697a4adefd40e5f8f15d46f5333ef9b28e3ec1d29cca5c296d7dd44f7b63"
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 2833 (2019-2020) — Concerning the board of engineers and land surveyors' appointment of its director and agreement with the department of licensing.

## 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/2833.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hoff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** CPB - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; 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 47, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-04T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0087dd67-7ee7-43cc-acbd-1256caf90ec6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).