---
type: "Bill"
title: "Analyzing state regulatory impact on small forest landowners."
description: "Analyzing state regulatory impact on small forest landowners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5330"
citation: "Washington SB 5330 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LEGISLATURE", "FOREST LAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braun"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b136806-4fc2-48a2-a4c7-69ca3f9b6db2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5330&year=2019"
source_hash: "b685ae508d5bb640f65a717b34bf2ec6d56d9ad5fe7671719af57e98b9f9c3dc"
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 5330 (2019-2020) — Analyzing state regulatory impact on small forest landowners.

## 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/5330.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5330-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5330-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Braun — primary (person)
- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — 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`
- **2019-02-07** AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2019-02-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-07** AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2019-02-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-27** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** RDAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-11** 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`
- **2019-04-23** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 457, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** 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
- **2019-02-07T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-05T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 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/3b136806-4fc2-48a2-a4c7-69ca3f9b6db2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).