---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying Washington state horse racing commission provisions."
description: "Modifying Washington state horse racing commission provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1022"
citation: "Washington HB 1022 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HORSE RACING COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MacEwen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46d8a5ac-5b94-47ed-b377-c32c17aa9b85"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1022&year=2021"
source_hash: "a56915238e46dcc7184d689a259cb69d786c46813d8b16f2876d82df5bf35f4d"
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 1022 (2021-2022) — Modifying Washington state horse racing commission provisions.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1022.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **92–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **93–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MacEwen — primary (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** COG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 9:30 AM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** LCTA - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Senate insists on its position and asks House to concur.
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 149, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-14T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 01:30 PM
- **2021-01-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-08T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2021-02-09T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2021-03-11T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-17T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46d8a5ac-5b94-47ed-b377-c32c17aa9b85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).