---
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).