---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing satellite management agency requirements for simple group B public water systems."
description: "Reducing satellite management agency requirements for simple group B public water systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1947"
citation: "Washington HB 1947 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Engell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35630315-79d4-4c67-a05c-57ee914084c3"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1947&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "989a5ebf69685341a235b16e2d082f3d3d676186f61f51a2ea71ef2d774b1667"
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 1947 (2025-2026) — Reducing satellite management agency requirements for simple group B public water systems.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1947.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1947.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Engell — primary (person)
- Abell — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Ley — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-20** ENVI - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-24** ANR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-11** Chapter 43, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-11** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35630315-79d4-4c67-a05c-57ee914084c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).