---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning legal financial obligations."
description: "Concerning legal financial obligations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1783"
citation: "Washington HB 1783 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH", "SENTENCING", "STUDIES", "HOMELESS PERSONS", "JUDGMENTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "CRIMINAL OFFENDERS", "ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS", "COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 65
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac39f262-c070-42f1-9550-435cf32b71dc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1783&year=2017"
source_hash: "886d70b0cd96ab2c9836954270e354fba1e76c45630dae740e56f406b837a978"
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 1783 (2017-2018) — Concerning legal financial obligations.

## 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/1783.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1783-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1783-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1783-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — **32–17** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#8) — **86–12** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#12) — **89–3** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#15) — **86–8** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#25) — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **83–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holy — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rodne — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Shea — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-23** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-16** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-23** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-23** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
- **2017-05-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2017-05-05** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
- **2017-05-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2017-05-29** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
- **2018-01-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-15** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-15** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Law & Justice.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 83; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter 269, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-27** 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/ac39f262-c070-42f1-9550-435cf32b71dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).