---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing for accountability and transparency in government contracting."
description: "Providing for accountability and transparency in government contracting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1521"
citation: "Washington HB 1521 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "CONTRACTORS", "ENTERPRISE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dolan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 68
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/234ce414-21ec-430e-9614-2171d467020d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1521&year=2019"
source_hash: "522b840c5a94e5d06f122a99f219dc7689194138a19a2186c8748bf1c3560838"
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 1521 (2019-2020) — Providing for accountability and transparency in government contracting.

## 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/1521.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1521-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1521-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1521-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#26) — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **67–29** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **65–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dolan — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-05** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-24** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 67; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 269, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-21T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-13T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-28T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+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/234ce414-21ec-430e-9614-2171d467020d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).