---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning public works contracting procedures."
description: "Concerning public works contracting procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1295"
citation: "Washington HB 1295 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC WORKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tharinger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54ac4fbb-3521-41fd-8e02-f608105feaa6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1295&year=2019"
source_hash: "381df92f3b2198838d707d3a8dc8caeb9a974e2bf0d1b22b72c1dd7c23255d5b"
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 1295 (2019-2020) — Concerning public works contracting procedures.

## 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/1295.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1295-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#21) — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tharinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** First reading, referred to Capital Budget. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** CB - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** CB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-26** CB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** 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 212, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 09:00 AM
- **2019-02-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 09:00 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
- **2019-03-29T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54ac4fbb-3521-41fd-8e02-f608105feaa6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).