---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the national fire incident reporting system."
description: "Concerning the national fire incident reporting system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1863"
citation: "Washington HB 1863 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregerson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01d79d54-52b4-481a-92d4-738f91e1402d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1863&year=2017"
source_hash: "550660b04c241b387a99f9312a1c0b1d8c1add35705a1ab975fdca54e4bacc7a"
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 1863 (2017-2018) — Concerning the national fire incident reporting system.

## 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/1863.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1863-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#31) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#25) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gregerson — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** LG - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-22** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-22** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 308, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** 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/01d79d54-52b4-481a-92d4-738f91e1402d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).