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type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the reorganization of laws related to environmental health without making any substantive, policy changes."
description: "Concerning the reorganization of laws related to environmental health without making any substantive, policy changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2246"
citation: "Washington HB 2246 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIR QUALITY AND POLLUTION", "WATER", "REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON", "HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "WATER POLLUTION", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "ENVIRONMENT", "NAMED ACTS", "SOLID WASTE", "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS", "SEWAGE AND SEWERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fitzgibbon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-18"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84971369-200e-4a51-8acd-b8bcefbd8d88"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2246&year=2019"
source_hash: "ca9dbbca19aafe1194dc1625460ea0e3dda9ee9f569abad6c6d31e8de54a2574"
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 2246 (2019-2020) — Concerning the reorganization of laws related to environmental health without making any substantive, policy changes.
## 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/2246.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2246-S.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Fitzgibbon — primary (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-12-18** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-21** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-21** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** ENET - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 20, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020*. `became-law`
- **2020-01-13T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-21T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology 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/84971369-200e-4a51-8acd-b8bcefbd8d88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).