republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/hb-2039.md

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Bill	Modifying the appeals process for environmental and land use matters.	Modifying the appeals process for environmental and land use matters.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	HB 2039	Washington HB 2039 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Fitzgibbon	4	31	3	2023-12-26	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/4d13708a-d4af-489e-84e2-7da3f7618465	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2039&year=2023	3c1622a4fc32502a8768f1126bdbf5a11900c93169ea3eeab0bba96eda720545	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2039 (2023-2024) — Modifying the appeals process for environmental and land use matters.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — 64–33 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#26) — 44–5 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — 72–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fitzgibbon — primary (person)
• Duerr — cosponsor (person)
• Fosse — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Ramel — cosponsor (person)
• Reed — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-26 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2024-01-08 First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. reading-1
• 2024-01-08 Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-01-15 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-01-23 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
• 2024-01-23 ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-01-23 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-01-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-12 1st substitute bill substituted (ENVI 24). substitution
• 2024-02-12 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-02-14 First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-21 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-21 ENET - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-21 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-23 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
• 2024-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2024-03-05 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2024-03-05 Passed final passage; yeas, 72; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 1. passage
• 2024-03-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Chapter 347, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-28 Effective date 6/6/2024*. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4d13708a-d4af-489e-84e2-7da3f7618465. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).