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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Preventing unfunded mandates involving on-site sewage systems from affecting local governments and property owners."
+description: "Preventing unfunded mandates involving on-site sewage systems from affecting local governments and property owners."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1503"
+citation: "Washington HB 1503 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["WATER POLLUTION", "HEALTH DEPARTMENTS", "LOCAL", "SEWAGE AND SEWERS", "GROWTH MANAGEMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Short"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-23"
+last_action: "2017-04-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8485883d-40c1-4c1d-85d6-8a9a3bfd1840"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1503&year=2017"
+source_hash: "a362716ced937b4de2215eb8cbde732af75c83b68de15fe3207b5dea7eaa667a"
+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 1503 (2017-2018) — Preventing unfunded mandates involving on-site sewage systems from affecting local governments and property owners.
+
+## 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/1503.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1503-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1503-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#18) — **91–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Short — primary (person)
+- Buys — cosponsor (person)
+- Haler — cosponsor (person)
+- Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
+- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-23** First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-16** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-16** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-03-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2017-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-10** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-28** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
+- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-17** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-21** Chapter 105, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-04-21** 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/8485883d-40c1-4c1d-85d6-8a9a3bfd1840`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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