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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning sunshine committee recommendations."
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description: "Concerning sunshine committee recommendations."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "HB 1537"
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citation: "Washington HB 1537 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PUBLIC RECORDS EXEMPTIONS ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE", "RECORDS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Springer"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-01-23"
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last_action: "2019-04-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28c2731c-d983-44ca-a08b-9e29fa037084"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1537&year=2019"
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source_hash: "02db4f8205db216ca652ddfa1d6d511dae9fc93537ddce4e0cd9dc84a9897663"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 1537 (2019-2020) — Concerning sunshine committee recommendations.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1537.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage (#1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#54) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Springer — primary (person)
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- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-19** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
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- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2019-03-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-27** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
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- **2019-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2019-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
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- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2019-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-30** Chapter 229, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
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- **2019-02-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
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- **2019-02-19T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
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- **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
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- **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
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28c2731c-d983-44ca-a08b-9e29fa037084`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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