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type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring compliance with the federal clean water act by prohibiting certain discharges into waters of the state."
description: "Ensuring compliance with the federal clean water act by prohibiting certain discharges into waters of the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1261"
citation: "Washington HB 1261 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER POLLUTION", "MINES AND MINING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdef363c-1d37-4e3e-9e75-b79f8a97a586"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1261&year=2019"
source_hash: "d3e96d2965f36607aaaa8d08daf0390bdcee7b04a73ccf0d618d9d2e2604ceef"
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 1261 (2019-2020) — Ensuring compliance with the federal clean water act by prohibiting certain discharges into waters of the state.
## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1261.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1261-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1261-S.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **37–10** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#44) — **60–35** (pass) · lower
- 1117 Stokesbary Pg 9 Ln 34 (#43) — **40–55** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Peterson — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-17** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-14** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** ENET - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 10, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-04T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdef363c-1d37-4e3e-9e75-b79f8a97a586`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).