---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing maximum penalties under the Washington industrial safety and health act."
description: "Addressing maximum penalties under the Washington industrial safety and health act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1953"
citation: "Washington HB 1953 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dolan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/602a549b-036a-4ac5-9bc6-171179388083"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1953&year=2017"
source_hash: "aed1b7230190bd5122f51d73447c61386a47a18288188abd4d8253cc0b7f766c"
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 1953 (2017-2018) — Addressing maximum penalties under the Washington industrial safety and health act.

## 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/1953.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1953-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#22) — **52–45** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#44) — **26–22** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#47) — **53–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dolan — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** CLS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **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 Labor & Workplace Standards.
- **2018-01-09** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-12** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-09** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-12** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter 128, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-21** Effective date 1/1/2019. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/602a549b-036a-4ac5-9bc6-171179388083`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).