---
type: "Bill"
title: "Filling vacancies in county sheriff offices."
description: "Filling vacancies in county sheriff offices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1750"
citation: "Washington HB 1750 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mosbrucker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdf4bdab-a891-4df7-9455-8a62ad8909d3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1750&year=2019"
source_hash: "78e2872124e4fbd94d441ef442ff0c9c3972d58441f6a52684c9874f24558a53"
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 1750 (2019-2020) — Filling vacancies in county sheriff offices.

## 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/1750.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mosbrucker — primary (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** LG - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-21** 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.
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-03** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 14, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-12T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-19T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdf4bdab-a891-4df7-9455-8a62ad8909d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).