Before the governor signs a bill, it must first be signed in open session in both the Senate and House. Once the house speaker and senate president sign the bill, it’s delivered to the governor’s office. This process can take several days following the passage of a bill by the Legislature.
Bill Action
We cannot hold public bill signings at this time due to the extraordinary circumstances to protect the public’s health. Members of the public can view the bill signings on TVW.
Bill Action Scheduled
No bill action scheduled at this time.
Bill Action Taken
Bill Number | Chamber | Description |
Governor's Action![]() |
Signed Date |
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1971 | House | Relating to communications services reform. | Signed | Sat, Jun. 29, 2013 |
1982 | House | Relating to eliminating lottery games that generate insufficient net revenue. | Signed | Thu, May. 2, 2013 |
2042 | House | Modifying the nursing facility medicaid payment system by delaying the rebase of certain rate components and extending certain rate add-ons. | Signed | Thu, Jun. 27, 2013 |
2043 | House | Relating to temporarily suspending inflationary increases in educational employee compensation. | Signed | Sat, Jun. 29, 2013 |
2044 | House | Relating to delaying the implementation of the family leave insurance program until funding and payment of benefits are authorized in lbill_description. | Signed | Tue, Jul. 2, 2013 |
2051 | House | Relating to implementation of basic education expenditures. | Signed | Sat, Jun. 29, 2013 |
2056 | House | Relating to correcting the definition of THC concentration as adopted by Initiative Measure No. 502 to avoid an implication that conversion, by combustion, of tetrahydrocannabinol acid into delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol is not part of the THC content that differentiates marijuana from hemp. | Signed | Tue, Apr. 30, 2013 |
2058 | House | Relating to transparency in enacted state capital and transportation budget appropriations and expenditures. | Signed | Mon, May. 20, 2013 |
2068 | House | Relating to the annexation of unincorporated territory. | Signed | Tue, Jul. 2, 2013 |
2069 | House | Signed | Sat, Jun. 29, 2013 | |
2075 | House | Relating to preserving funding deposited into the education legacy trust account used to support common schools and access to higher education by restoring the application of the Washington estate and transfer tax to certain property transfers while modifying the estate and transfer tax to provide tax relief for certain estates. | Signed | Thu, Jun. 13, 2013 |
2079 | House | Relating to expenditures from the environmental legacy stewardship account. | Signed | Tue, Jul. 2, 2013 |
2088 | House | Relating to appropriations specifically for activities related to the aerospace industry for permitting and training, including program development, staff, facilities, and equipment. | Signed | Sun, Nov. 10, 2013 |
5008 | Senate | Relating to portable electronics insurance. | Signed | Mon, May. 6, 2013 |
5021 | Senate | Relating to changing the crime of riot to the crime of criminal mischief. | Signed | Sun, Apr. 21, 2013 |
5022 | Senate | Relating to changing retail theft with extenuating circumstances to retail theft with special circumstances. | Signed | Mon, May. 6, 2013 |
5025 | Senate | Relating to a proclamation of a state of emergency. | Signed | Sun, Apr. 21, 2013 |
5030 | Senate | Relating to extending the Chinook scenic byway. | Signed | Mon, May. 6, 2013 |
5036 | Senate | Relating to state general obligation bonds and related accounts. | Signed | Sun, Jun. 30, 2013 |
5046 | Senate | Relating to modifying the mandatory retirement provision for district judges. | Signed | Sun, Apr. 21, 2013 |
5050 | Senate | Relating to the carrying of passengers in a vehicle attached to a flatbed tow truck. | Signed | Mon, May. 6, 2013 |
5052 | Senate | Relating to increasing the number of superior court judges in Whatcom county. | Signed | Thu, May. 9, 2013 |
5053 | Senate | Relating to vehicle prowling. | Signed | Wed, May. 15, 2013 |
5056 | Senate | Relating to the submission of new master applications by persons seeking work permits for the employment of minors. | Signed | Mon, May. 6, 2013 |
5072 | Senate | Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for disabled veterans and members of the armed forces for certain equipment and services that assist physically challenged persons to safely operate a motor vehicle. | Signed | Thu, May. 9, 2013 |