---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning licensing and regulatory requirements of small business owners."
description: "Concerning licensing and regulatory requirements of small business owners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1352"
citation: "Washington HB 1352 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE", "STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "BUSINESSES", "ATTORNEY GENERAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barkis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ed1fe7f-2e43-429f-9f3d-4208b5d7b33d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1352&year=2017"
source_hash: "e5a790a046213786feb14439cc77654f79d0715c9c1a3b98f728b0653f7a16bf"
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 1352 (2017-2018) — Concerning licensing and regulatory requirements of small business owners.

## 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/1352.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#19) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barkis — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Condotta — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Harmsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Koster — cosponsor (person)
- Kretz — cosponsor (person)
- Lytton — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Manweller — cosponsor (person)
- Mosbrucker — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Nealey — cosponsor (person)
- Orcutt — cosponsor (person)
- Pike — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Shea — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wilcox — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** SEIT - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** CLS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-13** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Chapter 243, 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/8ed1fe7f-2e43-429f-9f3d-4208b5d7b33d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).