---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing disincentives to the voluntary formation of regional fire protection service authorities by establishing parity, equalizing certain provisions with existing laws governing fire protection districts, and clarifying the formation process."
description: "Removing disincentives to the voluntary formation of regional fire protection service authorities by establishing parity, equalizing certain provisions with existing laws governing fire protection districts, and clarifying the formation process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1467"
citation: "Washington HB 1467 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stokesbary"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92d38857-231d-4ec6-92d7-f989b3fb052a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1467&year=2017"
source_hash: "9cab51fee63bca44f2c53ba00d56046823a7b62a1f7f604867cc7643231c4669"
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 1467 (2017-2018) — Removing disincentives to the voluntary formation of regional fire protection service authorities by establishing parity, equalizing certain provisions with existing laws governing fire protection districts, and clarifying the formation process.

## 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/1467.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1467-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#34) — **85–12** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **80–15** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stokesbary — primary (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rodne — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Finance.
- **2017-02-23** FIN - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Agriculture & Natural Resources.
- **2017-02-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-09** LG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Finance.
- **2017-02-23** FIN - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Agriculture & Natural Resources.
- **2017-02-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** LGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 80; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 196, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** Effective date 5/5/2017*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92d38857-231d-4ec6-92d7-f989b3fb052a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).