---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning requirements for the correctional personnel and community corrections officer exemption from restrictions on carrying firearms."
description: "Concerning requirements for the correctional personnel and community corrections officer exemption from restrictions on carrying firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1589"
citation: "Washington HB 1589 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONS", "DEPARTMENT", "FIREARMS", "CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d505a922-d4f2-4edc-be52-bbdf61486a2c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1589&year=2019"
source_hash: "48753a6d2940aecf024fd2a92287701ad38d430e409c699a25a6e54432cc855f"
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 1589 (2019-2020) — Concerning requirements for the correctional personnel and community corrections officer exemption from restrictions on carrying firearms.

## 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/1589.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#24) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **43–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chapman — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mead — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 5. `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 231, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-13T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-02T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice 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/d505a922-d4f2-4edc-be52-bbdf61486a2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).