---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the access of veterans, military service members, and military spouses to shared leave in state employment."
description: "Increasing the access of veterans, military service members, and military spouses to shared leave in state employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1802"
citation: "Washington HB 1802 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY", "FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT", "OFFICE", "VETERANS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1c1c9ff-6ab6-42f1-85e6-491cc97aae7e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1802&year=2017"
source_hash: "df8fe02e2a41af34c7c810d874fb1c927d987056e4919b4d4d3d1950429d11c9"
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 1802 (2017-2018) — Increasing the access of veterans, military service members, and military spouses to shared leave in state employment.

## 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/1802.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1802-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1802-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1802-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#14) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Farrell — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-14** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-22** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-22** 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`
- **2017-02-09** CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-14** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-22** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-22** 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`
- **2017-02-22** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-22** 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, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-10** 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.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 173, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-04** 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/f1c1c9ff-6ab6-42f1-85e6-491cc97aae7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).