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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Repealing the electronic authentication act."
+description: "Repealing the electronic authentication act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 1908"
+citation: "Washington HB 1908 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMPUTERS", "BUSINESSES", "NAMED ACTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Graham"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-05"
+last_action: "2019-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7d56684-05c8-4232-92fc-13e740f9b67b"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1908&year=2019"
+source_hash: "e2610a8874331983bb36910d31b9bc298c2b4a1f0525f3e424fab1b9e1e48342"
+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 1908 (2019-2020) — Repealing the electronic authentication act.
+
+## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1908.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#28) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Graham — primary (person)
+- Corry — cosponsor (person)
+- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
+- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-05** First reading, referred to Innovation, Technology & Economic Development. `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-13** ITED - Majority; do pass.
+- **2019-02-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-29** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
+- **2019-04-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
+- **2019-04-19** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2019-04-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-24** Chapter 132, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2019-04-24** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
+- **2019-02-12T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development at 10:00 AM
+- **2019-02-13T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development at 08:00 AM
+- **2019-03-27T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
+- **2019-03-29T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7d56684-05c8-4232-92fc-13e740f9b67b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+