---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the crime victims' compensation program."
description: "Concerning the crime victims' compensation program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1739"
citation: "Washington HB 1739 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VICTIMS OF CRIMES", "LABOR AND INDUSTRIES", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregerson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6a05466-0dca-4175-a26b-709460792662"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1739&year=2017"
source_hash: "ce765e6f394090ccd6492dc2a3c391dae6b164028c3a0fc8405536a0da246761"
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 1739 (2017-2018) — Concerning the crime victims' compensation program.

## 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/1739.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1739-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1739-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#24) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gregerson — primary (person)
- Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Public Safety.
- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-09** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Public Safety.
- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** 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.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 235, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** 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/f6a05466-0dca-4175-a26b-709460792662`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).