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| Bill |
Concerning electric utility wildland fire prevention. |
Concerning electric utility wildland fire prevention. |
us/states/wa |
Washington Legislature |
2019-2020 |
SB 5305 |
Washington SB 5305 (2019-2020) |
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| NATURAL RESOURCES |
| DEPARTMENT |
| FIRE PROTECTION |
| FOREST LAND |
| UTILITIES |
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enacted |
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2 |
27 |
2 |
2019-01-17 |
2019-04-19 |
openstates |
ocd-bill/73fc5d5e-72d1-4d50-b601-2660e051aa98 |
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5305&year=2019 |
33797658e7b985042b6400386912046ba3f33543e50d48055af6927a71df6d4f |
2026-07-01 |
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump |
2026-07-06 |
reported |
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Washington SB 5305 (2019-2020) — Concerning electric utility wildland fire prevention.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill (committee substitute) — source
- Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Final Passage (#2) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
- Van De Wege — primary (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-17 First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks.
reading-1
- 2019-02-14 AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
passage
- 2019-02-15 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- 2019-02-19 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- 2019-02-25 1st substitute bill substituted.
substitution
- 2019-02-14 AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
passage
- 2019-02-15 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- 2019-02-19 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- 2019-02-25 1st substitute bill substituted.
substitution
- 2019-02-25 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-02-25 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
- 2019-02-26 First reading, referred to Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources.
reading-1
- 2019-04-02 RDAN - Majority; do pass.
- 2019-04-03 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- 2019-04-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- 2019-04-11 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-04-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
- 2019-04-12 President signed.
passage
- 2019-04-15 Speaker signed.
passage
- 2019-04-16 Delivered to Governor.
- 2019-04-19 Governor signed.
executive-signature
- 2019-04-19 Chapter 77, 2019 Laws.
became-law
- 2019-04-19 Effective date 7/28/2019.
became-law
- 2019-01-31T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- 2019-02-14T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 01:30 PM
- 2019-04-02T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
- 2019-03-15T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73fc5d5e-72d1-4d50-b601-2660e051aa98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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