---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supporting victims of sexual assault."
description: "Supporting victims of sexual assault."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1109"
citation: "Washington HB 1109 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "VICTIMS OF CRIMES", "LEGISLATURE", "TAXES - EXCISE", "SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "BUSINESSES", "ATTORNEY GENERAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4880d14b-1844-4f96-b3ce-4ca4a56110d1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1109&year=2017"
source_hash: "aad7c6799c9c767a4a7fc80cec5638aa57db04afcf673ce11fe576314e2fad80"
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 1109 (2017-2018) — Supporting victims of sexual assault.

## 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/1109.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1109-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1109-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#43) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orwall — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Farrell — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Harmsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Mosbrucker — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-01-19** PS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-23** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-23** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** 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) but without amendment(s) by Law & Justice.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-07** 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 refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2017-04-19** Senate insists on its position and asks House to concur.
- **2017-04-20** House insists on its position and asks Senate to concur.
- **2017-04-20** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2017-04-20** Rules suspended.
- **2017-04-20** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2017-04-20** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-04-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-20** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 290, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** 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/4880d14b-1844-4f96-b3ce-4ca4a56110d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).