---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning crimes against vulnerable persons."
description: "Concerning crimes against vulnerable persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1153"
citation: "Washington HB 1153 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SENTENCING", "VULNERABLE ADULTS", "CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/978d3c51-3ad2-482b-8b9e-204259d40543"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1153&year=2017"
source_hash: "bf629c341c55e3ffc445f06925cf9e4eeabbd71c209e0eb2cc077812fd52aca9"
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 1153 (2017-2018) — Concerning crimes against vulnerable persons.

## 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/1153.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1153-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1153-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#17) — **92–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodman — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-01-19** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-15** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Public Safety.
- **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** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-01-19** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-15** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Public Safety.
- **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** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-27** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-10** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-10** Chapter 266, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-10** 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/978d3c51-3ad2-482b-8b9e-204259d40543`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).