---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limiting the uses of the fire protection contractor license fund."
description: "Limiting the uses of the fire protection contractor license fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1133"
citation: "Washington HB 1133 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25b67396-cecc-4008-94c1-2a012b0de832"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1133&year=2017"
source_hash: "e3d77983c54b0520d6fc79c7affa8e4eb9d5c12fcc03da2db502bfcb5ed2ff8d"
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 1133 (2017-2018) — Limiting the uses of the fire protection contractor license fund.

## 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/1133.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#2) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Griffey — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **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.
- **2018-01-18** LG - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-01-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; 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 37, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-13** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25b67396-cecc-4008-94c1-2a012b0de832`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).