---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing the siting of schools and school facilities."
description: "Addressing the siting of schools and school facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1017"
citation: "Washington HB 1017 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "GROWTH MANAGEMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCaslin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e44f62a-b662-4ffe-9c13-d138c38a42bb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1017&year=2017"
source_hash: "d6249e61a2d6d406af6d9ae2a46661943769ebb59a80c1b41bc012dc8b496ec9"
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 1017 (2017-2018) — Addressing the siting of schools and school facilities.

## 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/1017.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1017-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1017-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **81–15** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **31–17** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#43) — **82–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCaslin — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Buys — cosponsor (person)
- Chandler — cosponsor (person)
- Dye — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Nealey — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Pike — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Shea — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)
- Wilcox — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2017-01-09** First reading, referred to Environment (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-16** ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 82; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-11** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 81; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-26** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2017-04-26** Chapter 129, 2017 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2017-04-26** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e44f62a-b662-4ffe-9c13-d138c38a42bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).