---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning code city form of government elections and city manager appointment."
description: "Concerning code city form of government elections and city manager appointment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1832"
citation: "Washington HB 1832 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4569d1e8-3303-4c7d-9891-3188242312a5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1832&year=2021"
source_hash: "995bda06c83a224a4810668c2f381a7c02ffa3cdfae05de2c0f503e6ccef7cb7"
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 1832 (2021-2022) — Concerning code city form of government elections and city manager appointment.

## 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/1832.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **44–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **91–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Springer — primary (person)
- Goehner — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Housing & Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** HLG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 30, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-25T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2022-01-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-17T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-24T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing & 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/4569d1e8-3303-4c7d-9891-3188242312a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).