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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Ordering a study to determine how to increase reporting and investigation of missing Native American women."
+description: "Ordering a study to determine how to increase reporting and investigation of missing Native American women."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2951"
+citation: "Washington HB 2951 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["WOMEN", "INDIANS", "STUDIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mosbrucker"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-01-29"
+last_action: "2018-03-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6936630f-27f2-4ee7-b7e7-b52412e479c6"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2951&year=2017"
+source_hash: "49a4aa9574fe9bb3cd1bd93b4bc6686463356b2da8c53892c51ab8d1973050b5"
+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 2951 (2017-2018) — Ordering a study to determine how to increase reporting and investigation of missing Native American women.
+
+## 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/2951.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2951-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#37) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mosbrucker — primary (person)
+- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
+- Dye — cosponsor (person)
+- Frame — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Haler — cosponsor (person)
+- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
+- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-29** First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-01** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-02-01** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-20** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means.
+- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-03-01** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-03** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2018-03-03** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-07** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-15** Chapter 101, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2018-03-15** 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/6936630f-27f2-4ee7-b7e7-b52412e479c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+