---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding the definition of fish habitat enhancement projects."
description: "Expanding the definition of fish habitat enhancement projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5404"
citation: "Washington SB 5404 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HYDRAULIC PERMITS AND PROJECTS", "FISH", "MARINE WATERS", "STATE", "SHELLFISH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rolfes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0669e36-9914-49bf-8057-d99cb5f918f1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5404&year=2019"
source_hash: "05db0364a7c3f65102eeb37181d887973377a38dd62bc033366c4c090ef3ab56"
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 5404 (2019-2020) — Expanding the definition of fish habitat enhancement projects.

## 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/5404.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#40) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rolfes — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** 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.
- **2019-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-26** Chapter 150, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-26** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T18:30:00+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
- **2019-04-02T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-20T12:00:00+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/a0669e36-9914-49bf-8057-d99cb5f918f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).