---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the construction registration inspection account as a dedicated account to fund contractor registration and compliance, manufactured and mobile homes, recreational and commercial vehicles, factory built housing and commercial structures, elevators, lifting devices, and moving walks."
description: "Creating the construction registration inspection account as a dedicated account to fund contractor registration and compliance, manufactured and mobile homes, recreational and commercial vehicles, factory built housing and commercial structures, elevators, lifting devices, and moving walks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1716"
citation: "Washington HB 1716 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "HOMES AND HOUSING", "CONTRACTORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "LABOR AND INDUSTRIES", "DEPARTMENT", "MANUFACTURED HOUSING AND MOBILE HOMES", "CONVEYANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hudgins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c728336-8bb0-4859-a8c8-8a409ac88b9f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1716&year=2017"
source_hash: "5bede9ad1d3b23ef8e196aebc2834a22e8b14cc138fb086a1ddbf7d21eb4cf1b"
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 1716 (2017-2018) — Creating the construction registration inspection account as a dedicated account to fund contractor registration and compliance, manufactured and mobile homes, recreational and commercial vehicles, factory built housing and commercial structures, elevators, lifting devices, and moving walks.

## 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/1716.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#4) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#3) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hudgins — primary (person)
- Manweller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-13** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-23** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-10** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** CLS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
- **2017-06-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-29** First Reading.
- **2017-06-29** Rules suspended.
- **2017-06-29** Placed on second reading.
- **2017-06-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-29** Held on third reading.
- **2017-06-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-07-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-06** Chapter 11, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. `became-law`
- **2017-07-06** Effective date 7/1/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c728336-8bb0-4859-a8c8-8a409ac88b9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).