---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning mosquito control districts."
description: "Concerning mosquito control districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5519"
citation: "Washington SB 5519 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAXES - PROPERTY", "PEST CONTROL AND PESTICIDES", "INSECTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42b9ad5b-3063-4b60-acb4-43d887c42011"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5519&year=2019"
source_hash: "717453231b37d458da13ff100d96fe7693145066dd6d71a3a950470808c265a2"
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 5519 (2019-2020) — Concerning mosquito control 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/5519.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-28** By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on third reading consent calendar.
- **2020-01-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** LG - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 54, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government 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/42b9ad5b-3063-4b60-acb4-43d887c42011`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).