---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the placement of water rights banked pursuant to RCW 90.92.070 into the trust water rights program."
description: "Authorizing the placement of water rights banked pursuant to RCW 90.92.070 into the trust water rights program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1143"
citation: "Washington HB 1143 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER RIGHTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rude"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2b09cbb-7ee1-4eae-943c-9440b94f0c6d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1143&year=2021"
source_hash: "d8a2336cc9711d75225fadabb8fdf648a1cb3c6a77bb72a6e02269677226e30a"
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 1143 (2021-2022) — Authorizing the placement of water rights banked pursuant to RCW 90.92.070 into the trust water rights program.

## 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/1143.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rude — primary (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Klicker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** RDAN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** AWNP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 110, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 4/21/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-19T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
- **2021-02-03T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-25T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2b09cbb-7ee1-4eae-943c-9440b94f0c6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).