---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a department of fish and wildlife directed nonlethal program for the purpose of training dogs."
description: "Establishing a department of fish and wildlife directed nonlethal program for the purpose of training dogs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1516"
citation: "Washington HB 1516 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WILDLIFE", "FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION", "HUNTING", "FISH AND WILDLIFE", "DEPARTMENT", "ANIMALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a956d4c-530f-4b43-b96e-6e47f65ab170"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1516&year=2019"
source_hash: "dd8bad37b7420fcd901b29b2d50f51d42556be0d0a64d0adb03c50abb682920a"
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 1516 (2019-2020) — Establishing a department of fish and wildlife directed nonlethal program for the purpose of training dogs.

## 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/1516.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#43) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Hoff — cosponsor (person)
- Kretz — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Shea — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** RDAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** AWNP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `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 226, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-08T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-15T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-02T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks 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/9a956d4c-530f-4b43-b96e-6e47f65ab170`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).