---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning pro bono legal services for military service members, veterans, and their families."
description: "Concerning pro bono legal services for military service members, veterans, and their families."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1055"
citation: "Washington HB 1055 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY", "VETERANS", "ATTORNEY GENERAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilduff"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-04"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b26e27e4-18cc-4607-9cac-c61d97427f52"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1055&year=2017"
source_hash: "e17a07ef66a96fb457a4acffc3f2e5667d4861ddbf292943a4ea282ecd5b6f27"
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 1055 (2017-2018) — Concerning pro bono legal services for military service members, veterans, and their families.

## 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/1055.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1055-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#28) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#16) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kilduff — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Koster — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Shea — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2017-01-09** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-01-19** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Law & Justice.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 163, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-04** 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/b26e27e4-18cc-4607-9cac-c61d97427f52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).