---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning crimes involving a dog guide or service animal."
description: "Concerning crimes involving a dog guide or service animal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1676"
citation: "Washington HB 1676 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SENTENCING", "ANIMALS", "DEAF", "CRIMES", "DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "BLIND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sullivan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4fd49ba-26ff-4d0f-902e-01238afd484f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1676&year=2017"
source_hash: "714c27e1e7efb556b37024ff7401ad81b0a30151d8a5960c1ac54df93beb0fe1"
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 1676 (2017-2018) — Concerning crimes involving a dog guide or service animal.

## 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/1676.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#24) — **89–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sullivan — primary (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Rodne — cosponsor (person)
- Shea — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **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, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 170, 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/d4fd49ba-26ff-4d0f-902e-01238afd484f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).