---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning restraints on persons engaging in lawful professions, trades, or businesses."
description: "Concerning restraints on persons engaging in lawful professions, trades, or businesses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1450"
citation: "Washington HB 1450 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSUMER PROTECTION", "BUSINESSES", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b45178a-781d-46a4-b730-ffefa43b2bf4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1450&year=2019"
source_hash: "dde60a833379eeab6e9f6626e529c6a68a26d63d331061a5805f53d3812458d2"
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 1450 (2019-2020) — Concerning restraints on persons engaging in lawful professions, trades, or businesses.

## 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/1450.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1450-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1450-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#10) — **55–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stanford — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-21** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** 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 299, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 1/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-04-01T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce 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/4b45178a-781d-46a4-b730-ffefa43b2bf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).