---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing threats to southern resident killer whales by improving the safety of oil transportation."
description: "Reducing threats to southern resident killer whales by improving the safety of oil transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1578"
citation: "Washington HB 1578 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCIAL VESSELS AND SHIPPING", "OIL AND GAS", "MARINE WATERS", "STATE", "ECOLOGY", "DEPARTMENT", "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lekanoff"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb33c26a-1640-4811-9979-83cad64cb584"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1578&year=2019"
source_hash: "9c86b0aa557cf0ccf6e079ffebb3e81f95a15712ec91241fdf2f4fbf1d56c305"
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 1578 (2019-2020) — Reducing threats to southern resident killer whales by improving the safety of oil transportation.

## 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/1578.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1578-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1578-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **32–13** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#5) — **70–28** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **59–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lekanoff — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-19** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Environment & Energy.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** 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`
- **2019-02-19** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-19** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Environment & Energy.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** 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** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 70; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-08** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 59; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** 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 289, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+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
- **2019-03-19T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 AM
- **2019-04-08T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/cb33c26a-1640-4811-9979-83cad64cb584`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).