---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the presumption of occupational disease for certain employees at the United States department of energy Hanford site."
description: "Creating the presumption of occupational disease for certain employees at the United States department of energy Hanford site."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1723"
citation: "Washington HB 1723 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HAZARDOUS MATERIALS", "WORKERS' COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2018-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/479d20fd-3d68-4bde-baa0-0a36c0a4c3ff"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1723&year=2017"
source_hash: "eaed7e689533bfd366e614efde157d6f643f0a0cc9589519cd1815ca5153caee"
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 1723 (2017-2018) — Creating the presumption of occupational disease for certain employees at the United States department of energy Hanford site.

## 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/1723.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1723-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **74–21** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#19) — **69–29** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **76–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haler — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-16** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-16** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-16** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-17** 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, 69; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **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.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
- **2018-01-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 76; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-15** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** LBRC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-01-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-01-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-25** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-01-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-01-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-02-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 74; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-07** Chapter 9, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-07** Effective date 6/7/2018***. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/479d20fd-3d68-4bde-baa0-0a36c0a4c3ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).