---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the appointment process for trustees of rural county library districts in counties with one million or more residents."
description: "Modifying the appointment process for trustees of rural county library districts in counties with one million or more residents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1281"
citation: "Washington HB 1281 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LIBRARIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fitzgibbon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5895e70-b5a5-42df-aaaa-485597b9d4a6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1281&year=2017"
source_hash: "5e8a0245bc7200399b41167eba910245b8e64b95881a1fcb3680d3a0bbd3c245"
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 1281 (2017-2018) — Modifying the appointment process for trustees of rural county library districts in counties with one million or more residents.

## 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/1281.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#2) — **82–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fitzgibbon — primary (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** LG - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 82; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-10** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Chapter 134, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-27** 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/a5895e70-b5a5-42df-aaaa-485597b9d4a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).