---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a criminal no-contact order for human trafficking and promoting prostitution-related offenses."
description: "Creating a criminal no-contact order for human trafficking and promoting prostitution-related offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1079"
citation: "Washington HB 1079 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VICTIMS OF CRIMES", "CRIMES", "SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "ORDERS OF COURT", "LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0827d3ee-87b0-48a8-a31f-0b773247cd18"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1079&year=2017"
source_hash: "4b039642bc385f18ed894030a9e9515d7b7160defc6dc814731f89d49084f16c"
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 1079 (2017-2018) — Creating a criminal no-contact order for human trafficking and promoting prostitution-related offenses.

## 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/1079.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1079-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orwall — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
- Harmsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Mosbrucker — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-01-19** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-01-19** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-14** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 230, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** 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/0827d3ee-87b0-48a8-a31f-0b773247cd18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).