---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning theatrical wrestling."
description: "Concerning theatrical wrestling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1420"
citation: "Washington HB 1420 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "SPORTS AND RECREATION", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hudgins"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/325808d6-7bc6-4708-aa50-8b6b7f28cd0d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1420&year=2017"
source_hash: "8c940a1f4bbd2c3fec4b60a5a96531fdbe9c7e0ebec2b65ec737d7e9d7a3ddfe"
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 1420 (2017-2018) — Concerning theatrical wrestling.

## 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/1420.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1420-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#37) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hudgins — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Business & Financial Services.
- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-07** BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Business & Financial Services.
- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** 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.
- **2017-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-17** Chapter 46, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-17** 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/325808d6-7bc6-4708-aa50-8b6b7f28cd0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).