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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning procedures in order to automatically register citizens to vote."
+description: "Concerning procedures in order to automatically register citizens to vote."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2595"
+citation: "Washington HB 2595 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["SECRETARY OF STATE", "LEGISLATURE", "RECORDS", "STUDIES", "NAMED ACTS", "DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "ELECTIONS", "HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES", "INSURANCE", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT", "IDENTIFICATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hudgins"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2018-01-10"
+last_action: "2018-03-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6a7cfe7-c609-4944-8fbb-97badaf372f3"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2595&year=2017"
+source_hash: "4e9fcf26577010bb4e526b53031752106f79dec04d81b7480b36ec0a201a4f9e"
+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 2595 (2017-2018) — Concerning procedures in order to automatically register citizens to vote.
+
+## 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/2595.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2595-S2.E.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2595-S2.htm)
+4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2595-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#36) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
+- 946 Irwin Pg 9 Ln 28 (#40) — **48–50** (fail) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **50–48** (pass) · lower
+- 950 Stokesbary Pg 2 Ln 9 (#37) — **48–50** (fail) · lower
+- 945 Irwin Pg 4 Ln 28 (#38) — **48–50** (fail) · lower
+- Final Passage (#42) — **50–48** (pass) · lower
+- 948 Harmsworth Pg 5 Ln 12 (#39) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- 947 Irwin Pg 9 Ln 28 (#41) — **47–51** (fail) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hudgins — primary (person)
+- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
+- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Senn — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
+- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
+- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-30** SEIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-01-30** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-01-30** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2018-02-02** Referred to Transportation.
+- **2018-02-06** TR - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2018-02-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-01-30** SEIT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-01-30** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-01-30** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2018-02-02** Referred to Transportation.
+- **2018-02-06** TR - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2018-02-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-02-06** TR - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2018-02-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 48; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-20** SGTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2018-02-20** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2018-02-21** Referred to Transportation.
+- **2018-02-26** TRAN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-28** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
+- **2018-02-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-03** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
+- **2018-03-06** Senate receded from amendments.
+- **2018-03-06** Rules suspended.
+- **2018-03-06** Returned to second reading for amendment.
+- **2018-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2018-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2018-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 50; nays, 48; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-19** Chapter 110, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2018-03-19** 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/d6a7cfe7-c609-4944-8fbb-97badaf372f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+