---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning abandoned cemeteries."
description: "Concerning abandoned cemeteries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1907"
citation: "Washington HB 1907 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION", "DEPARTMENT", "HUMAN REMAINS", "FUNERAL AND CEMETERY BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orcutt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/019aeb7a-35db-42f2-bece-31591138a783"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1907&year=2017"
source_hash: "571d71f59a061e27db849e622f71341b8809de9f5ec0c1246d1faac5410d63c7"
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 1907 (2017-2018) — Concerning abandoned cemeteries.

## 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/1907.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#14) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orcutt — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- DeBolt — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** 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.
- **2017-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** 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, 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.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 208, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** 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/019aeb7a-35db-42f2-bece-31591138a783`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).