---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending surcharges on court filing fees for deposit in the judicial stabilization trust account to July 1, 2021."
description: "Extending surcharges on court filing fees for deposit in the judicial stabilization trust account to July 1, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1140"
citation: "Washington HB 1140 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jinkins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78e545ac-035c-45fd-91f6-733d9ebb86f0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1140&year=2017"
source_hash: "439247ca77d6e1d4049f9579e14ed686858298c2f03f6fa63231e44a837ef899"
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 1140 (2017-2018) — Extending surcharges on court filing fees for deposit in the judicial stabilization trust account to July 1, 2021.

## 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/1140.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **40–9** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#5) — **79–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jinkins — primary (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Rodne — 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; do not pass.
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-22** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **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.
- **2017-06-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-06-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 79; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-29** First Reading.
- **2017-06-29** Rules suspended.
- **2017-06-29** Placed on second reading.
- **2017-06-29** Rules suspended.
- **2017-06-29** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-06-30** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-06-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-06-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-06-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-06-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-06-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-30** Chapter 2, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. `became-law`
- **2017-06-30** Effective date 7/1/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78e545ac-035c-45fd-91f6-733d9ebb86f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).