republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/sb-5918.md

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Bill	Providing whale watching guidelines in the boating safety education program.	Providing whale watching guidelines in the boating safety education program.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2019-2020	SB 5918	Washington SB 5918 (2019-2020)	bill	WILDLIFE BOATS AND BOATING	enacted	Lovelett	1	37	3	2019-02-15	2019-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/ace1903f-7f1f-4e80-b58c-a4ebafc756ee	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5918&year=2019	0cd01f715bd87219454eb4cc8f97ac3ba3bf02c0201ddea71393290b4dbab9db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5918 (2019-2020) — Providing whale watching guidelines in the boating safety education program.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#26) — 90–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lovelett — primary (person)
• Billig — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Darneille — cosponsor (person)
• Das — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Frockt — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
• Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• King — cosponsor (person)
• Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
• Randall — cosponsor (person)
• Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
• Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
• Warnick — cosponsor (person)
• Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-15 First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. reading-1
• 2019-02-21 AWNP - Majority; do pass.
• 2019-02-21 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2019-02-22 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2019-02-28 WM - Majority; do pass.
• 2019-02-28 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2019-03-01 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2019-03-05 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2019-03-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2019-03-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2019-03-09 First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. reading-1
• 2019-04-02 RDAN - Majority; do pass.
• 2019-04-02 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-04-03 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2019-04-08 APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2019-04-08 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-04-09 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2019-04-10 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2019-04-12 Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
• 2019-04-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2019-04-22 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2019-04-22 Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2019-04-23 President signed. passage
• 2019-04-24 Speaker signed. passage
• 2019-04-25 Delivered to Governor.
• 2019-05-08 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2019-05-08 Chapter 293, 2019 Laws. became-law
• 2019-05-08 Effective date 7/28/2019. became-law
• 2019-02-19T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
• 2019-02-21T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
• 2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
• 2019-02-28T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
• 2019-04-02T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
• 2019-04-06T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
• 2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
• 2019-03-20T12:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 08:00 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ace1903f-7f1f-4e80-b58c-a4ebafc756ee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).