---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing references to specific nonoperational historical facilities from state statute."
description: "Removing references to specific nonoperational historical facilities from state statute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1853"
citation: "Washington HB 1853 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MUSEUMS", "CAPITOL CAMPUS", "STATE", "HISTORICAL SOCIETIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doglio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fa2a8b4-35c3-48ed-a7b4-a6738e72b6e7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1853&year=2017"
source_hash: "3f63fcd6f8882070094a6895b133e904d9ff7105a32db10bf79352a84ff78e00"
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 1853 (2017-2018) — Removing references to specific nonoperational historical facilities from state statute.

## 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/1853.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#37) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doglio — primary (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Wilcox — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First reading, referred to State Government, Elections & Information Technology (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** SEIT - Majority; do pass.
- **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.
- **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 State Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** 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, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-25** Chapter 117, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-25** 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/1fa2a8b4-35c3-48ed-a7b4-a6738e72b6e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).