---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning municipal access to local financial services."
description: "Concerning municipal access to local financial services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1209"
citation: "Washington HB 1209 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergquist"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f938a880-f246-4ac9-9539-662ac30eb0f1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1209&year=2017"
source_hash: "64731ccd18bfd133dab103ddfd21687a52cb06862e2cb8442b888ce59591c27b"
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 1209 (2017-2018) — Concerning municipal access to local financial services.

## 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/1209.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1209-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **88–10** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#2) — **73–24** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#10) — **80–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bergquist — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-01** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-01** BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-01** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 73; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. `reading-1`
- **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.
- **2018-01-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
- **2018-01-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 80; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-15** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** FI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-15** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 88; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 237, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** 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/f938a880-f246-4ac9-9539-662ac30eb0f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).