---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning biometric identifiers."
description: "Concerning biometric identifiers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1493"
citation: "Washington HB 1493 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "IDENTIFICATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morris"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cf422b7-1172-41b9-9244-69af5e1c7360"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1493&year=2017"
source_hash: "4f4e3f3f965a78fb4e40e90d9c4da688ec4da71958cf7a05049c0246cf114e13"
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 1493 (2017-2018) — Concerning biometric identifiers.

## 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/1493.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1493-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1493-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#17) — **81–17** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#39) — **37–12** (pass) · upper
- Adoption of Striking Amendment Number 242 by Senator Pedersen (#38) — **19–30** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morris — primary (person)
- Harmsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** TED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-14** TED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 81; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 299, 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/4cf422b7-1172-41b9-9244-69af5e1c7360`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).