---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the Washington rural development and opportunity zone act."
description: "Creating the Washington rural development and opportunity zone act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1324"
citation: "Washington HB 1324 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC.", "NAMED ACTS", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 68
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbe6f2cb-62c9-494e-a30c-505739a0380d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1324&year=2019"
source_hash: "5af3f656feb72f021d0225f0719e4b70e161a4b418d880b166559c9f0cf55739"
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 1324 (2019-2020) — Creating the Washington rural development and opportunity zone act.

## 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/1324.htm)
2. **Engrossed Third Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1324-S3.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1324-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1324-S.htm)
5. **Third Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1324-S3.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#26) — **40–9** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chapman — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Chandler — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Hoff — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Maycumber — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** RDAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Finance.
- **2019-02-21** FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 3rd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-06** RDAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Finance.
- **2019-02-21** FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 3rd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-21** FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 3rd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 3rd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** FIET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-28** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-09** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** 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, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2019-04-22** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 336, 2019 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-30T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-19T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbe6f2cb-62c9-494e-a30c-505739a0380d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).