---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the regulatory fairness act."
description: "Concerning the regulatory fairness act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1120"
citation: "Washington HB 1120 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE", "FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT", "OFFICE", "BUSINESSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adfb79e4-5ffc-4948-925f-fd6045702c48"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1120&year=2017"
source_hash: "4c786af048bcde26e427b269ac2fd67763bccce4ac754f09b1a0ec2829af781d"
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 1120 (2017-2018) — Concerning the regulatory fairness act.

## 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/1120.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1120-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1120-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#23) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Buys — cosponsor (person)
- Condotta — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Koster — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-01-12** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Technology & Economic Development.
- **2017-02-01** TED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 2nd 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.
- **2017-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-01** TED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 2nd 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.
- **2017-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 2nd 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.
- **2017-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Chapter 53, 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/adfb79e4-5ffc-4948-925f-fd6045702c48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).