---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the death investigations account."
description: "Concerning the death investigations account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1794"
citation: "Washington HB 1794 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "DEATH", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS COUNCIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klippert"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99af5f10-0633-4266-91eb-f182763e816e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1794&year=2017"
source_hash: "e5c35353f0c768c80f7d6c7f81a2ed35eb98b23f06c29831b7f48806779f53c4"
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 1794 (2017-2018) — Concerning the death investigations account.

## 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/1794.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#14) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Klippert — primary (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; 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.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Chapter 146, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-27** 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/99af5f10-0633-4266-91eb-f182763e816e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).