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| Bill |
Concerning sunshine committee recommendations. |
Concerning sunshine committee recommendations. |
us/states/wa |
Washington Legislature |
2019-2020 |
HB 1537 |
Washington HB 1537 (2019-2020) |
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| PUBLIC RECORDS EXEMPTIONS ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE |
| RECORDS |
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enacted |
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1 |
22 |
2 |
2019-01-23 |
2019-04-30 |
openstates |
ocd-bill/28c2731c-d983-44ca-a08b-9e29fa037084 |
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1537&year=2019 |
02db4f8205db216ca652ddfa1d6d511dae9fc93537ddce4e0cd9dc84a9897663 |
2026-07-01 |
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump |
2026-07-06 |
reported |
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Washington HB 1537 (2019-2020) — Concerning sunshine committee recommendations.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Final Passage (#1) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#54) — 45–0 (pass) · upper
- Springer — primary (person)
- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-23 First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.
reading-1
- 2019-02-19 SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- 2019-02-21 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- 2019-03-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- 2019-03-11 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-03-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
- 2019-03-13 First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections.
reading-1
- 2019-03-27 SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- 2019-03-28 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- 2019-04-15 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- 2019-04-15 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-04-15 Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4.
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 229, 2019 Laws.
became-law
- 2019-04-30 Effective date 7/28/2019.
became-law
- 2019-02-08T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- 2019-02-19T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- 2019-03-22T17:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- 2019-03-27T12:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/28c2731c-d983-44ca-a08b-9e29fa037084. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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