---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aligning existing definitions and practices to establish a uniform process for updating addresses of record and make conforming amendments to statutes administered by the department of licensing."
description: "Aligning existing definitions and practices to establish a uniform process for updating addresses of record and make conforming amendments to statutes administered by the department of licensing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1813"
citation: "Washington HB 1813 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSING", "DEPARTMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "BOATS AND BOATING", "DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES", "IDENTIFICATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kloba"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/776047c2-56ac-453c-96e7-0061d5ca6eb2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1813&year=2017"
source_hash: "1e4444a501d5c2c640538a2f55128b65e42838c8c657d0d8fe1fa07b03d80df9"
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 1813 (2017-2018) — Aligning existing definitions and practices to establish a uniform process for updating addresses of record and make conforming amendments to statutes administered by the department of licensing.

## 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/1813.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1813-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#35) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kloba — primary (person)
- Harmsworth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading suspension calendar.
- **2017-02-27** Committee recommendations adopted and the 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-15** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading suspension calendar.
- **2017-02-27** Committee recommendations adopted and the 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-27** Placed on third reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Chapter 147, 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/776047c2-56ac-453c-96e7-0061d5ca6eb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).