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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Improving the business climate in this state by simplifying the administration of municipal general business licenses."
+description: "Improving the business climate in this state by simplifying the administration of municipal general business licenses."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2005"
+citation: "Washington HB 2005 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lytton"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-07"
+last_action: "2017-05-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4396e88-6bd7-4010-9f6d-4005dc775411"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2005&year=2017"
+source_hash: "edf6bb864a58e4da4481dd49edb2f1fb02db07ccbc8748149f4f74af87ee2546"
+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 2005 (2017-2018) — Improving the business climate in this state by simplifying the administration of municipal general business licenses.
+
+## 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/2005.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2005.E.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#16) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lytton — primary (person)
+- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
+- Nealey — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-07** First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-23** FIN - Majority; do pass.
+- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-23** CLS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2017-03-27** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
+- **2017-03-30** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Commerce, Labor & Sports.
+- **2017-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2017-04-19** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-05** Chapter 209, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-05-05** 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/c4396e88-6bd7-4010-9f6d-4005dc775411`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+