---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning civil arbitration."
description: "Concerning civil arbitration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1128"
citation: "Washington HB 1128 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shea"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8668dfc4-494f-40b7-8286-07b76f8943d9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1128&year=2017"
source_hash: "0378e24737c0b5e17a6aab8677519f860aad42ab091772a9abee47ab424c443f"
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 1128 (2017-2018) — Concerning civil arbitration.

## 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/1128.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1128.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#16) — **71–25** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **41–8** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#4) — **77–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shea — primary (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- McCaslin — cosponsor (person)
- Nealey — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** 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; without recommendation.
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-15** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-15** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-23** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
- **2018-01-18** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2018-01-18** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-01-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-01-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 77; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-22** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-07** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-22** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Chapter 36, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-13** Effective date 9/1/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8668dfc4-494f-40b7-8286-07b76f8943d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).