---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning donations to the prescription drug donation program."
description: "Concerning donations to the prescription drug donation program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1765"
citation: "Washington HB 1765 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUGS", "HEALTH", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48217ed3-0a0f-4bd3-b665-f6cb6ef2a728"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1765&year=2017"
source_hash: "ea6b3f7b83b042329f100c83e8a993059c7bb255388c181f19dbed687d33c3cb"
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 1765 (2017-2018) — Concerning donations to the prescription drug donation 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/1765.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1765-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#17) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irwin — primary (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Koster — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-08** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** HLTH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 205, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** Effective date 5/5/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48217ed3-0a0f-4bd3-b665-f6cb6ef2a728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).