---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the safety and security of adult entertainers."
description: "Concerning the safety and security of adult entertainers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1756"
citation: "Washington HB 1756 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47ae5b1a-d780-48bb-a114-12fe33ffdbf6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1756&year=2019"
source_hash: "baaf42471e96618672e8abd2a6cbf3fe6c300c99f6cf90977279ea489cce7d22"
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 1756 (2019-2020) — Concerning the safety and security of adult entertainers.

## 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/1756.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1756.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#1) — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#37) — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orwall — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mosbrucker — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** 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 304, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-25T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47ae5b1a-d780-48bb-a114-12fe33ffdbf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).