---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing specified local governments, including municipalities and federally recognized Indian tribes, that typically have limited access to economic development resources, to designate a portion of their territory as a creative district subject to certification by the Washington state arts commission."
description: "Authorizing specified local governments, including municipalities and federally recognized Indian tribes, that typically have limited access to economic development resources, to designate a portion of their territory as a creative district subject to certification by the Washington state arts commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1183"
citation: "Washington HB 1183 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ART AND ARTWORKS", "ARTS COMMISSION", "INDIANS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McBride"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1c5e727-59ed-4a96-b957-6e55f7a672f2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1183&year=2017"
source_hash: "9a59cefea5e80a161869a02b0827361d331e6f9060909b0c2e8c54264a29e249"
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 1183 (2017-2018) — Authorizing specified local governments, including municipalities and federally recognized Indian tribes, that typically have limited access to economic development resources, to designate a portion of their territory as a creative district subject to certification by the Washington state arts commission.

## 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/1183.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1183-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#31) — **85–12** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **82–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **43–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McBride — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-01-26** CDHT - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Trade & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** AWTE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-03-29** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Agriculture, Water, Trade & Economic Development.
- **2017-03-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 82; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Chapter 240, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-08** 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/f1c5e727-59ed-4a96-b957-6e55f7a672f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).