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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning civil legal aid."
+description: "Concerning civil legal aid."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2308"
+citation: "Washington HB 2308 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CIVIL LEGAL AID", "OFFICE", "LOW-INCOME PERSONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jinkins"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-12-20"
+last_action: "2018-03-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfd80e3b-1f50-4af0-8e9c-d76e263cd5f4"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2308&year=2017"
+source_hash: "d6463cb7d80896dba3ed4ec42308796b011c83ac6fe68c935d1fea48eb680917"
+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 2308 (2017-2018) — Concerning civil legal aid.
+
+## 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/2308.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2308-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#42) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#2) — **86–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jinkins — primary (person)
+- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
+- Fey — cosponsor (person)
+- Frame — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Graves — cosponsor (person)
+- Haler — cosponsor (person)
+- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
+- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Santos — cosponsor (person)
+- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
+- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
+- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
+- Young — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-23** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-01-26** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2018-02-05** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Judiciary.
+- **2018-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-01-23** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-01-26** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2018-02-05** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Judiciary.
+- **2018-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-14** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-15** LAW - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-09** Chapter 21, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2018-03-09** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfd80e3b-1f50-4af0-8e9c-d76e263cd5f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+