---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning electric utility wildland fire prevention."
description: "Concerning electric utility wildland fire prevention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5305"
citation: "Washington SB 5305 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NATURAL RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT", "FIRE PROTECTION", "FOREST LAND", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Van De Wege"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73fc5d5e-72d1-4d50-b601-2660e051aa98"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5305&year=2019"
source_hash: "33797658e7b985042b6400386912046ba3f33543e50d48055af6927a71df6d4f"
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 5305 (2019-2020) — Concerning electric utility wildland fire prevention.

## 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/5305.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5305-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Van De Wege — primary (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-02-25** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-14** AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-02-25** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** RDAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter 77, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **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
- **2019-02-14T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-02T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-15T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73fc5d5e-72d1-4d50-b601-2660e051aa98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).