---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning school safety drills."
description: "Concerning school safety drills."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1279"
citation: "Washington HB 1279 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "NATURAL DISASTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pettigrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c791f2b-4a0c-45ed-909f-387c7d8f4250"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1279&year=2017"
source_hash: "2e5913ebc3078d7d3c9a0ef49d5d62058ecbce1ab5cee06e330d137f6eafc0b8"
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 1279 (2017-2018) — Concerning school safety drills.

## 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/1279.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1279-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#2) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pettigrew — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-09** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-10** 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, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 165, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-04** 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/9c791f2b-4a0c-45ed-909f-387c7d8f4250`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).