republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/hb-1873.md

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Bill	Concerning the taxation of vapor products as tobacco products.	Concerning the taxation of vapor products as tobacco products.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2019-2020	HB 1873	Washington HB 1873 (2019-2020)	bill	TOBACCO AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAXES - TOBACCO PRODUCTS PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS	enacted	Pollet	4	49	4	2019-02-04	2019-05-21	openstates	ocd-bill/a1a40947-3863-4f2b-8b50-77cf949a7b7a	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1873&year=2019	dc936f7fde6809b9e05f8f4fa62e1c47e1878d05d62b856363ddc8ea0659c22d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1873 (2019-2020) — Concerning the taxation of vapor products as tobacco products.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 807 Stokesbary Striker (#23) — 43–53 (fail) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — 56–42 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#38) — 35–13 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#24) — 58–38 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pollet — primary (person)
• Appleton — cosponsor (person)
• Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
• Callan — cosponsor (person)
• Cody — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Dolan — cosponsor (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
• Kloba — cosponsor (person)
• Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
• Lovick — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Orwall — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Ryu — cosponsor (person)
• Senn — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)
• Stonier — cosponsor (person)
• Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
• Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• Walen — cosponsor (person)
• Wylie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-04 First reading, referred to Finance. reading-1
• 2019-03-14 FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-03-14 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-03-19 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2019-04-22 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-04-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-04-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2019-04-25 Placed on second reading.
• 2019-04-26 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2019-03-14 FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-03-14 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-03-19 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2019-04-22 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-04-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-04-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2019-04-25 Placed on second reading.
• 2019-04-26 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2019-04-22 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-04-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-04-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2019-04-25 Placed on second reading.
• 2019-04-26 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2019-04-26 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2019-04-26 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-26 Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2019-04-26 First reading, referred to Ways & Means. reading-1
• 2019-04-27 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2019-04-27 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-04-27 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2019-04-28 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2019-04-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2019-04-28 Committee amendment not adopted. amendment-failure
• 2019-04-28 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2019-04-28 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-28 Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2019-04-28 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2019-04-28 Passed final passage; yeas, 56; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2019-04-28 Speaker signed. passage
• 2019-04-28 President signed. passage
• 2019-04-28 Delivered to Governor.
• 2019-05-21 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2019-05-21 Chapter 445, 2019 Laws. became-law
• 2019-05-21 Effective date 10/1/2019. became-law
• 2019-02-26T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
• 2019-03-14T17:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:30 PM
• 2019-04-22T17:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
• 2019-04-22T17:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
• 2019-04-27T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
• 2019-04-27T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1a40947-3863-4f2b-8b50-77cf949a7b7a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).