---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising resource limitations for public assistance."
description: "Revising resource limitations for public assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1831"
citation: "Washington HB 1831 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pettigrew"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 64
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5f33d78-f6bc-4b30-bff6-9b4a0c09fe40"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1831&year=2017"
source_hash: "dab28199a7cc1723b76c145384908288342a5d5b04b4d47c60c4d43851535836"
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 1831 (2017-2018) — Revising resource limitations for public assistance.

## 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/1831.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1831-S2.E.htm)
3. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1831-S.E.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1831-S2.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1831-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **36–12** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **84–14** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#20) — **75–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pettigrew — primary (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** ELHS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-17** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 75; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** HSMH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-14** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-16** 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.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2018-01-08** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-01-18** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-18** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 84; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-10** First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** HSC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 12; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Chapter 40, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-13** Effective date 2/1/2019. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5f33d78-f6bc-4b30-bff6-9b4a0c09fe40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).