---
type: "Bill"
title: "Simplifying the process for donating low-value surplus property owned by a city-owned utility."
description: "Simplifying the process for donating low-value surplus property owned by a city-owned utility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2508"
citation: "Washington HB 2508 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wylie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19982bdc-9d44-4074-9ef5-4918f8b7bb3a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2508&year=2019"
source_hash: "90c992a1265dc94607d97e667b370140aa5437d2d694eadb644c84943fd538c6"
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 2508 (2019-2020) — Simplifying the process for donating low-value surplus property owned by a city-owned utility.

## 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/2508.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wylie — primary (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** LG - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **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.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 31, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2020-01-31T15:00:00+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/19982bdc-9d44-4074-9ef5-4918f8b7bb3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).