---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changing the date in which community impact statements are provided to the department of corrections."
description: "Changing the date in which community impact statements are provided to the department of corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1626"
citation: "Washington HB 1626 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF", "HOMES AND HOUSING", "CRIMINAL OFFENDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a032b943-9ce5-42e1-bf28-b4c8151701e4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1626&year=2017"
source_hash: "0aa15e525deec06be5e3c423527dac1f5ec629eed6d86630bb4493df26fcb885"
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 1626 (2017-2018) — Changing the date in which community impact statements are provided to the department of corrections.

## 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/1626.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1626-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#30) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blake — primary (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** 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 and the 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-16** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** 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 and the 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-27** Placed on third reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Chapter 141, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-27** 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/a032b943-9ce5-42e1-bf28-b4c8151701e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).