---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing tenants to pay certain sums in installments."
description: "Allowing tenants to pay certain sums in installments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1694"
citation: "Washington HB 1694 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/771f1e62-c6e7-4c43-bef4-7719e1cec143"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1694&year=2019"
source_hash: "de83282ef9b47a8c9b18d9871f51b474937518d0e78cf0b5cec625ca1cf63ff4"
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 1694 (2019-2020) — Allowing tenants to pay certain sums in installments.

## 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/1694.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1694.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **54–44** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#53) — **30–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morgan — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-15** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** FIET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 53; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 169, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-15T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/771f1e62-c6e7-4c43-bef4-7719e1cec143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).