---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning state agency collection, use, and retention of biometric identifiers."
description: "Concerning state agency collection, use, and retention of biometric identifiers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1717"
citation: "Washington HB 1717 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "IDENTIFICATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f0459b6-b0d5-4e4f-a8c9-b6bd65f9c244"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1717&year=2017"
source_hash: "bc796cdac7d0014f2c1bae761f22146e3fc5cad596f211a5b34cdaf2b19eb4eb"
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 1717 (2017-2018) — Concerning state agency collection, use, and retention of biometric identifiers.

## 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/1717.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1717-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#18) — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- DeBolt — cosponsor (person)
- Harmsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** TED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-14** TED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-06** 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.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 306, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** 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/0f0459b6-b0d5-4e4f-a8c9-b6bd65f9c244`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).