---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the exemption from public disclosure of information regarding public and private computer and telecommunications networks."
description: "Concerning the exemption from public disclosure of information regarding public and private computer and telecommunications networks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1829"
citation: "Washington HB 1829 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPUTERS", "RECORDS", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hudgins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93c3acef-d2c3-43f1-8cf7-b1f25a334da0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1829&year=2017"
source_hash: "940f57177fa0143c07fa8099a7b036d253d28664313a3ac660b8b0ce96ae9d64"
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 1829 (2017-2018) — Concerning the exemption from public disclosure of information regarding public and private computer and telecommunications networks.

## 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/1829.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hudgins — primary (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Koster — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** SEIT - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **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`
- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** EET - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** 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.
- **2017-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Chapter 149, 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/93c3acef-d2c3-43f1-8cf7-b1f25a334da0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).