---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning secondhand dealers utilizing automated kiosks to purchase secondhand electronic devices."
description: "Concerning secondhand dealers utilizing automated kiosks to purchase secondhand electronic devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1623"
citation: "Washington HB 1623 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS", "SALES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90584f70-2879-462a-9e2d-773478a9aa66"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1623&year=2017"
source_hash: "d1f300fa93799f649799c4898dd41111820d62313dcbdce3251a94904192569b"
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 1623 (2017-2018) — Concerning secondhand dealers utilizing automated kiosks to purchase secondhand electronic devices.

## 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/1623.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#29) — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Senn — primary (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** BFS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading suspension calendar.
- **2017-02-27** Committee recommendations adopted.
- **2017-02-27** Placed on third reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** CLS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 169, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-04** 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/90584f70-2879-462a-9e2d-773478a9aa66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).