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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the regulatory fairness act."
+description: "Concerning the regulatory fairness act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1120"
+citation: "Washington HB 1120 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE", "FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT", "OFFICE", "BUSINESSES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-11"
+last_action: "2017-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adfb79e4-5ffc-4948-925f-fd6045702c48"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1120&year=2017"
+source_hash: "4c786af048bcde26e427b269ac2fd67763bccce4ac754f09b1a0ec2829af781d"
+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 1120 (2017-2018) — Concerning the regulatory fairness act.
+
+## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1120.htm)
+2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1120-S2.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1120-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#23) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Buys — cosponsor (person)
+- Condotta — cosponsor (person)
+- Haler — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Koster — cosponsor (person)
+- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
+- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
+- Morris — cosponsor (person)
+- Muri — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Short — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-11** First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-12** Committee relieved of further consideration.
+- **2017-01-12** Referred to Technology & Economic Development.
+- **2017-02-01** TED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-03** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-01** TED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-03** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-29** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
+- **2017-03-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
+- **2017-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass.
+- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-12** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-13** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-19** Chapter 53, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-04-19** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adfb79e4-5ffc-4948-925f-fd6045702c48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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