SI 1000 — Affirmative action

SI 1000 was introduced in the 2019-20 Washington legislative session by People of the State of Washington. It became law.

  • 2019-20 session
  • Senate
  • Became law
  • 3 public hearings
  • Sponsor: People of the State of Washington

Source Washington State Legislature web services: legislation, hearings and roll calls · as of 2026-08-12 · introduced 2019-02-15

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Where it stopped

Became law

Last recorded action
Effective date 7/28/2019.
Session law
C 160 L 19 — chapter and year in the session laws
Last committee
House Civil Rights & Judiciary — the last committee with this bill on an agenda
Public hearing
Yes — 3 on record — a public hearing is where testimony is taken; an executive session is where a committee votes

Source WA Legislature legislation service · as of 2026-08-12

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What it would do

The Legislature’s own description. We do not paraphrase legislation.

Concerning diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Source WA Legislature legislation service · as of 2026-08-12

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The votes

Recorded floor votes. Committee votes are in the hearing record below.

HOUSE · 2019-04-28

Final Passage

56

yea

42

nay

SENATE · 2019-04-28

3rd Reading & Final Passage

26

yea

22

nay

1

absent or excused

Source WA Legislature roll call service · as of 2026-08-12 · 2 recorded votes

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Sponsors

Who put their name to the bill. The Legislature records a prime sponsor on the bill status; the full co-sponsor roster appears only in the introduced bill text, which we have not ingested.

Prime sponsor

People of the State of Washington

as printed the sponsor line on the bill status record · introduced in the Senate. A committee substitute prints the committee here, with the originating member in parentheses.

The co-sponsor roster is not on this page. We hold the prime sponsor the Legislature prints on the bill status, not the list of co-sponsors, which is published only in the introduced bill text we have not ingested. A co-sponsor count here would be a number no record we hold contains.

Source WA Legislature legislation service · as of 2026-08-12

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The hearing record

Every committee meeting where this bill appeared on the agenda. Public is where testimony is taken; Executive is where the committee votes.

Committee hearing record
Date Type Committee Chamber
2019-01-21 Public House Transportation House
2019-04-18 Public House Civil Rights & Judiciary House
2019-04-18 Public Senate State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections Senate
2019-04-25 Executive Senate State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections Senate
2019-04-25 Executive House Civil Rights & Judiciary House

Source WA Legislature committee hearing records · as of 2026-08-12 · 3 public, 2 executive

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What changed between versions

Versions of this bill
Version Substitute Engrossed Status
HB 1000 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
HI 1000 Effective date 7/28/2019.
SI 1000 Effective date 7/28/2019.

We do not hold the bill text, so we cannot say what changed. The version list shows that the bill was rewritten and how many times. Comparing the substance of two versions needs the text of each, which we have not ingested. The Legislature publishes both.

Last checked 2026-08-12

Source WA Legislature legislation service · as of 2026-08-12

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What this page will not compute

Each of these is a number a reader might reasonably expect. None of them follow from the records we hold, so we do not publish them.

Who killed it
We can say a bill was never scheduled for a public hearing. We cannot say who decided that. Chairs control agendas, but the record does not attribute a non-decision to a person, and we will not infer one from a committee roster.
Why it died
Withdrawn, superseded by its own companion, folded into a budget, or simply never taken up — all four look identical in the data.
Whether lobbying affected it
Washington collects lobbyist compensation and employer registrations, but none of those filings name a bill. There is no documented link between a lobbying report and a bill number, so we publish none.
What changed between versions
We hold the version list, not the text of each version.
How a member would have voted
Only recorded votes appear here. A member absent from a roll call is recorded as absent, not as opposed.

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Common questions

What happened to SI 1000?
SI 1000 became law. The Legislature’s status record places it at “C 160 L 19” — its chapter and year in the session laws.
Who sponsored SI 1000?
The prime sponsor of record is People of the State of Washington, as printed on the bill status. This page does not list co-sponsors — that roster is published only in the introduced bill text, which we have not ingested.
What would SI 1000 do?
In the Legislature’s own description: “Concerning diversity, equity, and inclusion.” We quote the official language rather than summarising, because a paraphrase of legislation is an interpretation.
Was there a recorded vote on SI 1000?
Yes. 2 recorded floor votes appear on this page, member counts and all. Committee votes are held separately as scanned sign-off sheets and are not counted here.
Did SI 1000 get a public hearing?
Yes — 3 public hearings are on record. A public hearing is where testimony is taken; it is not the committee vote, which happens in an executive session.

Cite this page

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“SI 1000 — Affirmative action,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-12, accessed 2026-09-10. https://washingtonindependents.org/bill/2019-20-si-1000/

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How this page is built

Every figure above is read from a primary source and rebuilt on a schedule. Nothing here is modelled or inferred; where a source is silent the page says so rather than filling the gap.

WA Legislature legislation service
Bill id, titles, sponsor, introduced date, and the history line and location code we render as its status.
WA Legislature committee hearing records
Every committee agenda this bill appeared on, and whether each was a public hearing or an executive session.
WA Legislature roll call service
Recorded floor votes, member by member.
Outcome
Derived, not published by the Legislature. Enacted means a chapter number or effective date is on record; died is only ever assigned once a session has ended; a sitting session yields pending and no death is asserted.
Not loaded
Bill text, amendments, committee votes as individual member records, testimony, and fiscal notes.