---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning gold star license plates."
description: "Concerning gold star license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1197"
citation: "Washington HB 1197 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8dedc4b-fa32-46cb-9a27-20de7fee9a57"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1197&year=2019"
source_hash: "1fe74f840be9f67ffb1e9607bf30617d77c8e04c3c138e3de85ec39a5c3931ec"
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 1197 (2019-2020) — Concerning gold star license plates.

## 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/1197.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1197-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#4) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#29) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Riccelli — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Maycumber — cosponsor (person)
- Mead — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Shea — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-20** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-04** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-20** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Chapter 210, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-02T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8dedc4b-fa32-46cb-9a27-20de7fee9a57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).