republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/hb-2870.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing additional marijuana retail licenses for social equity purposes."
description: "Allowing additional marijuana retail licenses for social equity purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2870"
citation: "Washington HB 2870 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MINORITIES", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "DRUGS", "COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pettigrew"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c143c73-f68d-4430-88bc-333e1cdfb223"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2870&year=2019"
source_hash: "32bce14b8e41844921d9d2004a4786a45a001e96b7d3c1ad5804475b05f3bbc5"
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 2870 (2019-2020) — Allowing additional marijuana retail licenses for social equity purposes.

## 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/2870.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2870-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2870-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2870-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **28–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **55–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pettigrew — primary (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **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.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-16** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-06** COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **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.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-16** 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.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-16** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-09** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-09** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-03-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-31** Chapter 236, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-31** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-02-03T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming 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
- **2020-02-25T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T17:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 12:00 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c143c73-f68d-4430-88bc-333e1cdfb223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).