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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning short-term rentals."
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description: "Concerning short-term rentals."
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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 1798"
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citation: "Washington HB 1798 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HOMES AND HOUSING", "BUSINESSES", "LODGING"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ryu"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-01-31"
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last_action: "2019-05-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30363964-e7fd-4732-bd03-818c1b807f98"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1798&year=2019"
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source_hash: "2bcfdd8e136af1b3b75ffd58c329aae25a2d324e861b9692c8982add62cc0b59"
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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 1798 (2019-2020) — Concerning short-term rentals.
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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/1798.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1798-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **39–6** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#41) — **70–24** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage (#31) — **65–32** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ryu — primary (person)
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- Mosbrucker — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-31** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-20** CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2019-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
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- **2019-02-20** CPB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2019-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
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- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade. `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-28** FIET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
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- **2019-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2019-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2019-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 70; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
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- **2019-04-23** 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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- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-09** Chapter 346, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
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- **2019-02-12T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-03-19T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade at 08:00 AM
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- **2019-03-28T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade 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/30363964-e7fd-4732-bd03-818c1b807f98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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