republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/hb-1516.md

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Bill	Establishing a department of fish and wildlife directed nonlethal program for the purpose of training dogs.	Establishing a department of fish and wildlife directed nonlethal program for the purpose of training dogs.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2019-2020	HB 1516	Washington HB 1516 (2019-2020)	bill	WILDLIFE FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION HUNTING FISH AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT ANIMALS	enacted	Blake	1	22	2	2019-01-23	2019-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/9a956d4c-530f-4b43-b96e-6e47f65ab170	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1516&year=2019	dd8bad37b7420fcd901b29b2d50f51d42556be0d0a64d0adb03c50abb682920a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1516 (2019-2020) — Establishing a department of fish and wildlife directed nonlethal program for the purpose of training dogs.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#43) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — 46–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Blake — primary (person)
• Chapman — cosponsor (person)
• Dent — cosponsor (person)
• Hoff — cosponsor (person)
• Kretz — cosponsor (person)
• Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
• Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
• Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
• Shea — cosponsor (person)
• Springer — cosponsor (person)
• Walsh — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-23 First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources. reading-1
• 2019-02-15 RDAN - Majority; do pass.
• 2019-02-19 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2019-03-01 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2019-03-04 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2019-03-04 Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2019-03-06 First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. reading-1
• 2019-04-02 AWNP - Majority; do pass.
• 2019-04-03 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2019-04-13 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2019-04-15 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-15 Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2019-04-18 Speaker signed. passage
• 2019-04-25 President signed. passage
• 2019-04-26 Delivered to Governor.
• 2019-04-30 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2019-04-30 Chapter 226, 2019 Laws. became-law
• 2019-04-30 Effective date 7/28/2019. became-law
• 2019-02-08T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
• 2019-02-15T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
• 2019-03-19T17:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
• 2019-04-02T17:30:00+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; origin ocd-bill/9a956d4c-530f-4b43-b96e-6e47f65ab170. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).