---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning protected lands not being assessed local fire district levies."
description: "Concerning protected lands not being assessed local fire district levies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5010"
citation: "Washington SB 5010 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rolfes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-06"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0e922f5-fd24-4119-945e-04ef62efed78"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5010&year=2019"
source_hash: "86948285cf0054f8b263794046265fa5133c3ad4770328ae379df7a9616d4cf1"
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 SB 5010 (2019-2020) — Concerning protected lands not being assessed local fire district levies.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5010.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5010-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **46–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rolfes — primary (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-01-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-15** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-24** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-01-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-15** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter 178, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-17T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-24T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-15T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-20T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government 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/c0e922f5-fd24-4119-945e-04ef62efed78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).