---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning costs associated with responding to public records requests."
description: "Concerning costs associated with responding to public records requests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1595"
citation: "Washington HB 1595 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nealey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66a92f56-11ef-429c-be3f-eb880caba326"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1595&year=2017"
source_hash: "49dd522af686ff760bf0717464ea556285dcabfd53820762665eb46181f67ad9"
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 1595 (2017-2018) — Concerning costs associated with responding to public records requests.

## 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/1595.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1595.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#32) — **75–22** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **80–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nealey — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Dye — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Koster — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- Lytton — cosponsor (person)
- Manweller — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wilcox — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** First reading, referred to State Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** SEIT - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 75; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 80; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 304, 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/66a92f56-11ef-429c-be3f-eb880caba326`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).