---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the use of hydraulic fracturing in the exploration for and production of oil and natural gas."
description: "Concerning the use of hydraulic fracturing in the exploration for and production of oil and natural gas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5145"
citation: "Washington SB 5145 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OIL AND GAS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5012731-29ae-4fb7-a1e0-ca47eeb38694"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5145&year=2019"
source_hash: "4d857605c53cd379910fbce66f0d2957577a288baa5d879cd807fb3036d6f593"
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 5145 (2019-2020) — Concerning the use of hydraulic fracturing in the exploration for and production of oil and natural gas.

## 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/5145.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **29–18** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#33) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **61–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salomon — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** RDAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-03** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-17** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter 294, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2019-01-31T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-03T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-13T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources 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/d5012731-29ae-4fb7-a1e0-ca47eeb38694`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).