---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating and expanding unrestricted authority for public entities to provide telecommunications services to end users."
description: "Creating and expanding unrestricted authority for public entities to provide telecommunications services to end users."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1336"
citation: "Washington HB 1336 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS", "COMPUTERS", "COUNTIES", "NAMED ACTS", "PORT DISTRICTS", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88a51243-1d8f-41a3-bed2-af317d8b11ed"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1336&year=2021"
source_hash: "4b312ec4d92b998d928b6c6507d243e0ebbad3a5f3025f041053a1b60ae36287"
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 HB 1336 (2021-2022) — Creating and expanding unrestricted authority for public entities to provide telecommunications services to end users.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1336.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1336-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1336-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **27–22** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **60–37** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **65–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hansen — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Gilday — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Community & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** CED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (CED 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 65; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2021-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 294, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-27T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM
- **2021-02-03T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-11T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM
- **2021-03-25T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88a51243-1d8f-41a3-bed2-af317d8b11ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).