---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the period for which a bond levy may be increased."
description: "Extending the period for which a bond levy may be increased."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1344"
citation: "Washington HB 1344 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAXES - PROPERTY TAX", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "BONDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dolan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f75878d-df80-4cd7-a438-b0cb05460c07"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1344&year=2017"
source_hash: "d08fc3f6a9c544295edae2c872924672876819b3f7db1d7974bfbc3223654171"
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 1344 (2017-2018) — Extending the period for which a bond levy may be increased.

## 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/1344.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1344-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#18) — **74–22** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **46–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dolan — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Nealey — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-07** 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`
- **2017-02-03** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-07** 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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 74; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-16** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-03-31** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 296, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** 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/6f75878d-df80-4cd7-a438-b0cb05460c07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).