---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning relocation assistance for persons displaced by agency property acquisitions."
description: "Concerning relocation assistance for persons displaced by agency property acquisitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1615"
citation: "Washington HB 1615 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMINENT DOMAIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kloba"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2281d7c-cbb8-4055-9598-bbe04214084a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1615&year=2017"
source_hash: "a9fbf78b909cbef22d1192f26e7537bb1639d9a93f44da7ed54f5bd358386c74"
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 1615 (2017-2018) — Concerning relocation assistance for persons displaced by agency property acquisitions.

## 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/1615.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#3) — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kloba — primary (person)
- Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Rodne — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-16** 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`
- **2017-04-10** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-14** Chapter 12, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-14** 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/d2281d7c-cbb8-4055-9598-bbe04214084a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).