---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing tribal court judges to solemnize marriages."
description: "Authorizing tribal court judges to solemnize marriages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1091"
citation: "Washington HB 1091 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MARRIAGE AND MARRIED PERSONS", "INDIANS", "JUDGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2b454de-0c30-433d-ae96-9266c75677fc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1091&year=2017"
source_hash: "869f804991753d81a4a053f7417e483d3ea39710f7b2da2f397c9d194566e8be"
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 1091 (2017-2018) — Authorizing tribal court judges to solemnize marriages.

## 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/1091.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **92–4** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#5) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appleton — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-01-26** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-01-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-01-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-01-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-03** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 92; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Chapter 130, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-27** 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/e2b454de-0c30-433d-ae96-9266c75677fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).