---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing urban residential building capacity."
description: "Increasing urban residential building capacity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1923"
citation: "Washington HB 1923 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "GROWTH MANAGEMENT", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "ENVIRONMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fitzgibbon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 66
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cff4c45b-c32e-462e-9114-93cbe654c0a8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1923&year=2019"
source_hash: "589fdb5174bacfe6206880de96f3cb24700a5a4069242e3d4f211ffb445798dc"
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 1923 (2019-2020) — Increasing urban residential building capacity.

## 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/1923.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1923-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1923-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1923-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **33–12** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#27) — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **75–19** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#8) — **66–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fitzgibbon — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-21** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** First reading, referred to Housing Stability & Affordability. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** HSA - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-01** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-09** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-13** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2019-04-22** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 75; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 348, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019*. `became-law`
- **2019-02-14T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-27T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-01T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+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/cff4c45b-c32e-462e-9114-93cbe654c0a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).