---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing for the year round observation of daylight saving time."
description: "Allowing for the year round observation of daylight saving time."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1196"
citation: "Washington HB 1196 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TIME"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75ab60b4-523e-4b3d-add4-26c8061ec849"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1196&year=2019"
source_hash: "60db3ed1ec9f06e06c33e06d7100de5d86d61ecdaf112bae62981089c4d736e5"
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 1196 (2019-2020) — Allowing for the year round observation of daylight saving time.

## 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/House%20Bills/1196.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1196-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#29) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#14) — **89–7** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **90–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Riccelli — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Shea — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 90; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter 297, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 7/28/2019**. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-20T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-27T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections 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/75ab60b4-523e-4b3d-add4-26c8061ec849`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).