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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting employee information from public disclosure."
description: "Protecting employee information from public disclosure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1888"
citation: "Washington HB 1888 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RECORDS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hudgins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c677bb3-8c2d-435a-8f6a-5b6d59244f15"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1888&year=2019"
source_hash: "c823f103a41c107c9dfa2c8b73b7f1e510146adb57ea753f6e0107809b56c3e1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# Washington HB 1888 (2019-2020) — Protecting employee information from public disclosure.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1888.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1888-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1888-S.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#37) — **36–10** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **91–5** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hudgins — primary (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-04** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-02-07** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-11** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-14** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-07** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-11** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-14** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-11** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-14** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 91; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 106, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-14T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-11T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-28T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c677bb3-8c2d-435a-8f6a-5b6d59244f15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).