---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the taxation of vapor products as tobacco products."
description: "Concerning the taxation of vapor products as tobacco products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1873"
citation: "Washington HB 1873 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TOBACCO AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS", "TAXES - TOBACCO PRODUCTS", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pollet"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1a40947-3863-4f2b-8b50-77cf949a7b7a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1873&year=2019"
source_hash: "dc936f7fde6809b9e05f8f4fa62e1c47e1878d05d62b856363ddc8ea0659c22d"
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 1873 (2019-2020) — Concerning the taxation of vapor products as tobacco products.

## 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/1873.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1873-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1873-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1873-S.htm)

## Votes

- 807 Stokesbary Striker (#23) — **43–53** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **56–42** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#38) — **35–13** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#24) — **58–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pollet — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-22** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-25** Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-26** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-14** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-22** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-25** Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-26** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-04-22** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-25** Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-26** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-04-26** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-27** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-28** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-28** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-28** Passed final passage; yeas, 56; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 445, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 10/1/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-14T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-22T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-22T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/a1a40947-3863-4f2b-8b50-77cf949a7b7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).