---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning business practices of registered tow truck operators by authorizing electronic records creation and storage."
description: "Concerning business practices of registered tow truck operators by authorizing electronic records creation and storage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1036"
citation: "Washington HB 1036 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TOWING AND TOW TRUCKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harmsworth"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-12-13"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ede8eea8-cab1-4333-bbc8-6a546f755670"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1036&year=2017"
source_hash: "12bd40c6a3048497363fbb5c3113097adfb00defadacdf451b46923e21569243"
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 1036 (2017-2018) — Concerning business practices of registered tow truck operators by authorizing electronic records creation and storage.

## 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/1036.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1036-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#30) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harmsworth — primary (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-13** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2017-01-09** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-08** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `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 50, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-19** 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/ede8eea8-cab1-4333-bbc8-6a546f755670`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).