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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Facilitating reconstruction of communities damaged or destroyed by wildfires."
description: "Facilitating reconstruction of communities damaged or destroyed by wildfires."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1899"
citation: "Washington HB 1899 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Volz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b346f69-31cd-4f93-821e-19c70272f9d1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1899&year=2023"
source_hash: "c4acc7206b67b652390f18edb8b0bdb6c2ebed0c6f9f49af17b403d1ca4a74cd"
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 1899 (2023-2024) — Facilitating reconstruction of communities damaged or destroyed by wildfires.
## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1899.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1899-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1899-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1899-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1899-S.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Volz — primary (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- McClintock — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Waters — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-26** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-30** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-05** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-20** SGE - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2024-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2024-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-18** Chapter 143, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-18** Effective date 3/18/2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b346f69-31cd-4f93-821e-19c70272f9d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).