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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning election year restrictions on state legislators."
+description: "Concerning election year restrictions on state legislators."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2106"
+citation: "Washington HB 2106 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LEGISLATURE", "ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT", "ELECTIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Koster"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-15"
+last_action: "2017-03-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a7401b2-c0f2-4f89-972b-a0d83139e2fa"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2106&year=2017"
+source_hash: "91bf55f3acd1a5822462cf2f2dace036fb9512b0efbfceaf413d7358daadfc48"
+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 2106 (2017-2018) — Concerning election year restrictions on state legislators.
+
+## 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/2106.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2106-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#1) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage (#8) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Koster — primary (person)
+- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
+- Shea — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-15** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-17** SEIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-17** Rules suspended.
+- **2017-02-17** Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-02-22** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-17** SEIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-17** Rules suspended.
+- **2017-02-17** Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-02-22** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-23** First Reading.
+- **2017-02-23** Rules suspended.
+- **2017-02-23** Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-02-24** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
+- **2017-02-27** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2017-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-03-01** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-15** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2017-03-15** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2017-03-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-03-23** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-03-27** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-03-31** Chapter 7, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-03-31** Effective date 3/31/2017. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a7401b2-c0f2-4f89-972b-a0d83139e2fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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