---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring the growth management hearings board to topically index the rulings, decisions, and orders it publishes."
description: "Requiring the growth management hearings board to topically index the rulings, decisions, and orders it publishes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5151"
citation: "Washington SB 5151 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GROWTH MANAGEMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson, L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f51562ba-ce45-4288-882f-65717c527a15"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5151&year=2019"
source_hash: "0bce1e7069b896598e974abd143e516a42571dbf183f8fcbdc0517498ccfd33e"
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 5151 (2019-2020) — Requiring the growth management hearings board to topically index the rulings, decisions, and orders it publishes.

## 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/5151.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5151-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#21) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson, L. — primary (person)
- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — 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 Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-24** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-07** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-06** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Environment & Energy.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-10** 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, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 452, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-22T13:00:00+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
- **2019-03-12T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-21T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-01T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f51562ba-ce45-4288-882f-65717c527a15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).