---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the respective administrative powers, duties, and responsibilities of the growth management hearings board and the environmental land use and hearings office."
description: "Clarifying the respective administrative powers, duties, and responsibilities of the growth management hearings board and the environmental land use and hearings office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6574"
citation: "Washington SB 6574 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND USE HEARINGS OFFICE", "GROWTH MANAGEMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takko"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc9fb2c5-959a-4073-a983-d03e27b592df"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6574&year=2019"
source_hash: "a4acc1bb925520dddb28d7c0193ab4c7809ced605e4bdf6026deee50cd0eb0ba"
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 SB 6574 (2019-2020) — Clarifying the respective administrative powers, duties, and responsibilities of the growth management hearings board and the environmental land use and hearings office.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/6574.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6574-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6574-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41) — **41–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Takko — primary (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-04** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-10** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-04** LGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-04** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-10** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-18** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 214, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-30T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-04T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-10T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy 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/cc9fb2c5-959a-4073-a983-d03e27b592df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).