---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing surplus line broker licensing."
description: "Addressing surplus line broker licensing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1027"
citation: "Washington HB 1027 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barkis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-12-08"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e954c60-fe53-4eda-90b7-4441f46ffc37"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1027&year=2017"
source_hash: "0562addfee601923093bae2ae4dbf037fc2a5b5def4b2d2495cec5fb1b1630d4"
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 1027 (2017-2018) — Addressing surplus line broker licensing.

## 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/1027.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1027-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barkis — primary (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2017-01-09** First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-01-11** BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-01-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-01-11** BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-01-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-06** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** FI - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Chapter 49, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-19** Effective date 1/1/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e954c60-fe53-4eda-90b7-4441f46ffc37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).