---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the administration of irrigation districts."
description: "Concerning the administration of irrigation districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5453"
citation: "Washington SB 5453 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takko"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37004bcd-7cd9-4900-bbcb-7702e046dc4e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5453&year=2019"
source_hash: "47e86a44f03196f429649544381c946be40096edf90c8cbc245e4dd7186488dc"
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 5453 (2019-2020) — Concerning the administration of irrigation districts.

## 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/5453.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5453.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Takko — primary (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-15** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 462, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-27T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-02T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government 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/37004bcd-7cd9-4900-bbcb-7702e046dc4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).